Connect a Vercel domain

Setup type: One-click (sign-in). You install the CustomDomain™ integration on your Vercel team in a popup. No records to copy; no password is shared with the app.

Vercel's sign-in is the CustomDomain™ integration: install it on the Vercel team that owns the domain, and the records are written for you. A Vercel access token works too. Vercel is also on the Domain Connect list, but it serves none of our one-click templates yet, so one-click setup is not offered.

What you'll need

• A domain whose DNS is managed at Vercel.
• Access to your app's CustomDomain™ dashboard (it shows the exact target for your account).

The records

CustomDomain™ gives you the authoritative records for your account in the dashboard, typically a CNAME (or apex A/ALIAS) pointing your domain at the edge. Use the values shown there; the shape is always the same, the target is per-account. There is no separate ownership TXT to add on this path: control is proven by the rail itself, or by the records appearing in your own authoritative DNS. See Setup types.

Setting it up on Vercel

1. Enter the domain in the connect flow (the console, or the widget inside the product you're connecting to). It detects Vercel and offers Install CustomDomain™ on Vercel.
2. A Vercel window opens. Install the integration on the team that owns the domain.
3. The records apply automatically; you're returned to the app, which usually verifies them within seconds and goes live.

Vercel specifics

• The integration's token reaches only the team that installed it, and it drives Vercel's DNS API. You can remove the integration in Vercel once the domain is connected.
• If you deploy the app itself on Vercel, connecting a customer's domain is still a DNS operation at wherever that customer's domain resolves, not a Vercel project setting.
• Vercel's Domain Connect served none of our 18 templates when checked on 2026-09-28. Its one-click setup also requires our return link, which every template we publish now carries, so it can be offered once Vercel onboards them.

How you know it worked

CustomDomain™ polls public DNS and issues the TLS certificate automatically. When the dashboard shows the domain live, HTTPS is serving. Drift monitoring then watches the records so a later change at the provider doesn't silently break the domain.

FAQ

I host on Vercel, is this different from adding a domain to my Vercel project?

Yes. This connects an end-user's own domain to your app with automatic HTTPS at the edge, wherever that domain's DNS is hosted. Adding a domain to your Vercel project only covers domains you control.

Related

• All DNS providers, the full connection catalog.
• How custom domains work