# Agencies

> Set up and look after many client domains from one workspace: paste a list, label each domain with its client, and send a setup link to whoever holds the DNS.

Source: https://docs.customdomain.ai/docs/use-cases/agencies

You build and run sites for clients, and every site needs the client's domain
pointed at it. Often the client holds the DNS login, not you. CustomDomain™
keeps those domains in one workspace, says which client each one belongs to and
what is left to do, and lets the person who has the DNS finish a domain without
an account.

## When this fits

* You manage domains for several clients, or a lot of domains of your own.
* The DNS for a domain is often at an account you cannot sign in to.
* You want one list of every client domain with its status, not a spreadsheet.

If you run a product whose users connect their own domains inside it, see
[SaaS platforms](/docs/use-cases/saas-platforms) instead.

## How CustomDomain™ fits in

* **The console is laid out for it.** The welcome screen asks who you are
  connecting domains for. Pick **My clients** and the console is arranged around
  your domains. Owners and admins can change the answer later in **Settings**.
  See [Console](/docs/getting-started/console#2-tell-us-who-the-domains-are-for).
* **Add many at once, with whose they are.** Paste a column from a spreadsheet,
  a list of addresses or links, up to 200 at a time, with a client's name beside
  each domain. Adding puts the domains in the workspace, each waiting for its
  records; you then finish each one. The client's name is set when the domain is
  added. See [Many domains, and whose they are](/docs/getting-started/console#many-domains-and-whose-they-are).
* **Hand the DNS step to the client.** A setup link for one domain lets whoever
  opens it finish that domain with no account; nobody is invited. It works once
  and lasts 30 days. See [A link for the client](/docs/getting-started/console#a-link-for-the-client).
* **Or connect the provider account once.** When you hold a client's DNS
  provider key, connect it as a [provider account](/docs/connect-flow/provider-accounts)
  for some or all of its domains, with one time or continuous access. At
  providers whose API lists an account's domains, the console offers to connect
  the account's other domains in one step
  ([bulk connect](/docs/connect-flow/verify-and-go-live#bulk-connect-more-domains-on-one-account)).
* **See what needs you.** **Domains** filters by client, orders by what needs
  attention, and exports exactly the rows shown as CSV.

A new workspace connects its first ten domains without a card, and the rest once
the 14 day free trial has started. See
[Plans & quotas](/docs/billing/plans-and-quotas).

## What to read next

- [Console](/docs/getting-started/console): Sign up, connect a domain with no code, and the console's pages.

- [Provider accounts](/docs/connect-flow/provider-accounts): Connect a DNS provider or registrar account once for many domains.

- [Removing a domain](/docs/connect-flow/offboarding): Take a client's domain off and choose what happens to its records.

- [Troubleshooting](/docs/troubleshooting): Why a domain is still waiting, and the mistakes that block it.