How to point a domain to your store

II. Instructions:


1. You will need to go to the Registrar for your domain and do the 
following:


* Change the nameserver information for your domain to use our 
nameserver information:


   Primary Nameserver: yns1.yahoo.com 
   Primary IP Address: 66.218.71.205 (may not be required)


   Secondary Nameserver: yns2.yahoo.com 
   Secondary IP Address: 216.109.116.20 (may not be required)


Most Registrars will complete the changes within 24 hours. Once your 
domain name information is changed as noted above, you can return to 
your Store Manager to complete the transfer of the domain to your Store.
The interface will recognize when the domain name information has been 
changed as noted above and allow you to finalize the transfer.


2. Once the Registrar for your domain name has made the necessary 
changes, you will need to follow these steps to complete the transfer 
process:


* Login to your Store Manager.


* Click on the "Domain Names" Link in the Site Settings column.


* On the page that comes up, click on the "Move it" link.


* On the next page, enter the domain name you wish to transfer and click
on the "Continue" button.


* Verify that the domain name is yours, then click "Yes, this is my 
domain name." button.


* The domain name you wish to transfer will be checked, if you wish to 
continue through the transfer process, please click the "Continue" 
button.


* Set up your service information then click on "Enter Payment 
Information."


* Create and verify your Yahoo! Wallet account, if you have already 
created a Yahoo! Wallet you will skip this step.


* Review your order then click "Place my Order."


The domain name transfer will become active within 24-48 hours.


Next you will set up your Domains account to point to your Yahoo! Store.


First create the URL forward.


3. Go to:


   http://domains.yahoo.com/


and click on "Manage My Domains" and then "Domain Record Manager"


4. Under "Forward Domain" enter your destination. For example: to have 
both yourdomainname.com and www.yourdomainname.com point to the correct 
domain name, enter www.yourdomainname.com and click on "Add Record".


Second, create the CNAME record.


5. Under the "Add DNS Record" section of the Domains Record Manager page
you will see a field called "Host Name".  Enter "www." in this field.  
In the "Destination" field you will enter this address:


   accountname.site.yahoo.net


So if your Yahoo! Store accountname is "mystore" you would enter:


   mystore.site.yahoo.net


6. Click "Add Record" after you have filled out both of these fields.


It is necessary to go through the CNAME and URL Forwarding creation 
because you can't create a CNAME record without a prefix on the domain 
(ex. you can create one for www.mysite.com but not mysite.com).


So the URL Forward sends:


   http://yourdomain.com  ----to----> http://www.yourdomain.com


This way if a user types in "yourdomain.com"  you will not loose that 
traffic.


Then, when they are at www.yourdomain.com they will see your store and 
your domain URL.


Important Note: When submitting your store to search engines you will 
need to submit the address with the www (ex. http://www.yourdomain.com).


Finally we will need to set up your Yahoo! Store to be ready to accept 
the traffic.  After you have created your domain you will need to wait 
24 hours before your domain will begin working.


7. From your Manager click on "Domain Names" and then "add" next to 
Hostname


8. Enter your domain name and click on "Next"


9. At the bottom of the page click on "Setup a hostname on this domain."
and follow the steps to complete this process.


After this is done your domain will usually be set up and working to 
following day.