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How do I change the name of my Shopify shop?

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Shopify is a hosting company and at the same time a CMS that allows you to create your own online shop without any knowledge of programming languages. It also offers several features to its users, including changing the name of the Shopify shop. In this article, we will show you how to change the name of your domain name of your e-commerce site on Shopify while helping you select the name of your shop!

How to change the name of your online shop?

Knowledge choose the name of your shop is very important. When you are in the e-commerce business, your main objective is to sell your products. And to make sales, potential customers will need to know how to identify your shop. This is why the shop name is a crucial step in the online business. On Shopify, when we talk about the name of the shop, we mean the domain name or URL of the shop. Generally, the users of the Shopify platform have the choice between two types of appointment:

  • A nomination referenced by Shopify;
  • A personalised appointment.

The nomination referred to by Shopify is a free domain name which combines the shop name with the Shopify name. Basically, by choosing this type of naming, the domain name of the shop will be as follows: shop-name.myshopify.com. Therefore, the owner of the shop will promote its shop under the name ShopifyThis is not favourable from a marketing point of view. On the other hand, the personalised name consists of a domain name specific to the shop, i.e. there will be no myshopify extension in the domain name.

If you already have a domain name, you can change your shop name as follows:

Changing the name of a Shopify-listed shop

If your shop name looks like this: shop-name.myshopify.com, you can change it by going to Settings, click on Domains and then click on Change domain name. Insert your new name of the shopthen confirm the operation.

Change the name of a shop not listed by Shopify

To change your own domain name (i.e. the one with the following form: domain-name.com or other extension), you must buy another one. Indeed, you cannot modify a personalized domain name. To buy another one, go to Settings, click on Domains, then choose Buy a new domain name. Enter the domain name you want to buy and that's it. However, you cannot use this new name for your current shop. Unfortunately, you will have to create a brand new one.

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How to choose a name for your Shopify shop?

From the point of view of marketingIt is very important to choose the name of your online shop. It should be short and memorable to make it easier for customers to find. To choose an original name, you can get inspiration from domain name generator sites based on your industry or products sold. That said, as we explained earlier in this article, Shopify does not give you the option of changing your domain name and therefore your shop's domain name if you choose a paid domain name. So before you buy your domain name, be sure of your choice.

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