Domains and DNS
shop.example.com is a different hostname. It needs DNS, HTTPS, and a reason. It is not a city clone factory.
People want shop. for "SEO." Often they wanted a cart on the same host. Two hosts mean two certificates, two canonicals, two things to 404. Empty cell if we have not shipped a dedicated shop host product. Someone whose cousin said never put the cart on the apex. Same company. Extra hostname only with a real ops reason.
Use a subdomain such as shop. only if you truly need a second hostname and the live Bizzit flow supports pointing that host. Custom domain is Pro at $12 a month. CNAME the hostname you mean to slug.bizzit.io as documented. Do not create city subdomains as doorways.
Who this is for
Someone whose cousin said never put the cart on the apex. If that is not you, a different Bizzit guide will fit better, do not force this URL.
The actual answer
People want shop. for "SEO." Often they wanted a cart on the same host. Two hosts mean two certificates, two canonicals, two things to 404. Empty cell if we have not shipped a dedicated shop host product. Same company. Extra hostname only with a real ops reason. The short version is still the one in the box at the top of this page. The rest of the article exists so you do not have to guess the limits.
Do this in order
Prefer one public host. If you still need shop., follow the connect UI for that host. Canonical the URLs. Update GBP to one 200.
- Ask if one host can hold the cart
- If you still need a subdomain, confirm the live product supports it
- CNAME that host only
- Do not mint nyc. or cheap. as SEO
- Keep NAP on the main site
What not to do
Do not treat subdomains as location pages. Do not leave apex and shop both 200 with duplicate catalogs. That is the usual way a useful page turns into a doorway, a fake comparison, or a brief Cipher cannot honor.
How this shows up on Bizzit
Checkout on Pro is your account on the site you actually shipped, not a hidden subdomain tax.
Limits
Do not treat subdomains as location pages. Do not leave apex and shop both 200 with duplicate catalogs.
Limits and caveats
Do not treat subdomains as location pages. Do not leave apex and shop both 200 with duplicate catalogs.
If a sentence would require a competitor SKU we have not verified, or a statistic we did not measure, it does not belong here.
What to do after you read this
If this page answered the query, open Create with the nouns from your own business, not a slogan. If it did not, you are probably in the wrong cluster: go back to the blog hub or Domains and DNS. Do not spin a second URL for a synonym. One intent per page is the whole point of this library.
Tools that actually do this job
These are public pages. Use them when the job is this job. They are not a second product you have to buy.
Questions people actually ask
www already a subdomain?
Yes, www is a hostname. Many sites standardize on www. That is enough.
Staging. ?
Do not index staging. noindex and auth. Create is already noindex.
Email on shop.?
Usually no. Keep MX on the parent as the mail host documents.
Flatten shop apex?
shop. is not apex. CNAME it if the product says to. Flattening remains not a SKU we invent.