Purchase a Domain in Mailchimp

Purchase a custom domain with Mailchimp to get your brand online and grow your audience. After you register and verify your domain, use it to send email to your audience. If you're on a paid Websites & Commerce plan, use your domain to build landing pages, publish a website, and create an online store.

In this article, you’ll learn how to purchase a domain, what domain options are available, and how much they cost.

Before you start

Here are some things to know before you begin this process.

• A paid Websites & Commerce plan is required to publish a store or website with a purchased or connected domain. To find out what features are included in each plan, check out our pricing page. To change your plan type, visit the plans page in your account.
• Domain purchasing may be subject to state and local sales tax.
• When you purchase a domain in Mailchimp, we add email authentication and other domain records for publishing web content by default.
• After you purchase a domain, you must respond to the follow-up domain verification email within 15 days or your domain will be suspended until verification is complete.
• It may take several hours before the purchased domain is available for use with a website, landing page, Google Workspace, or to send email.
• Domains can be set to automatically or manually renew. To learn more, check out Renew or Cancel Your Domain.
• In order to transfer a domain to or from Mailchimp, you must wait at least 60 days from the initial domain purchase or last domain transfer. Purchased domains can't be transferred between Mailchimp accounts.

How it works

Internet domains offered through Mailchimp are governed by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and registered through Tucows. When you register, purchase, renew, or transfer a domain through Mailchimp, you agree to Tucows’ terms of service.

Your purchased domain will be registered for a year. We’ll notify you via email before your domain expires with an opportunity to renew at that time. Should you choose not to renew, but change your mind later, restoration fees may apply.

Every purchased domain includes free WHOIS privacy protection and a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate. This means that your personal information will not be searchable via ICANN Lookup for your domain, and the content of your website will be verified and encrypted.

Domain availability and pricing

We price our domains by the top-level domain, or TLD. The TLD is the part of a URL that appears after the last period, like .com or .net. If you'd like to purchase a domain, or transfer one into Mailchimp, the TLD must be supported. Country code domains, such as .ca and .co.uk, as well as some other top-level domains, are unavailable to register or transfer into Mailchimp at this time. For more information on TLDs, check out the Domain Registration Guide.

Here's a breakdown of all top-level domains available for purchase and their lowest available pricing.

Please note that these prices are subject to change and may vary based on the domain name chosen.

Purchase a domain

To purchase a domain with Mailchimp, follow these steps.

1. Click Website.
   
2. Click Domains.
   
3. In the Your Mailchimp Custom Domains section, click Search For New Domain.
   
4. On the Find step, search for available domains.
   
   We’ll display available domains along with their annual cost. Any available discounts will be displayed, which eligible accounts can claim.
5. If your desired domain is available, click Claim Your Domain to register.
   
   If your desired domain isn’t available, you can select a similar domain from the More domains section.
6. On the Register step, complete the required domain registration form.
7. Click Register Domain.
   
   If you already have a Websites & Commerce paid plan, continue to step 9.

8. If you don’t already have a Websites & Commerce paid plan, you’ll be directed to the Plan step where you can select one.
   
   To connect your domain to a Mailchimp site, you’ll need to first purchase a Plus or Core plan. Click View Plan Details below the plans to learn more. When you’re ready, click Select Plan below the Website & Commerce plan you’d like to purchase.

   If you’d like to continue without a Website & Commerce plan, click Continue without a plan. Then, click Continue Without A Plan in the pop-up modal.
   

9. On the Email step, type in the email address you'd like to use with your new domain and click Create Email.
   
   If you don’t want to create an email, click Skip for Now and continue to step 10.

10. Next, you’ll decide whether you want to create a Google Workspace account for your new email address, or create a basic email forwarding address with no inbox.
    
    If you choose Google Workspace, you’ll select a billing plan and set up a password before completing your domain registration with Mailchimp. To learn more about this option, read our article on how to Use Google Workspace with Mailchimp.

    If you choose basic email forwarding, we’ll ask you to accept some additional terms before you check out.

11. On the Checkout step, review your billing details and click Pay Now.
    
    If you select a Plus or Core Website & Commerce plan, you’ll see the initial charge for the plan listed on the Purchase Summary page alongside the charge for your domain.

Well done! We’ll send a receipt to the billing email address on your Mailchimp account. If you purchased the Google Workspace add-on, you'll receive a separate email at your account's primary email address to help you complete the setup process.

Verify your purchased domain

To use your purchased domain past the 15-day grace period, you'll need to verify it to avoid any service disruptions.

We’ll send a verification email to the address you used to register your domain. In the email, click the Verify Domain button. On the next page, click Verify Information to go to your purchased domain success page in Mailchimp.

Manage other domain settings

If you purchase a domain in Mailchimp, here are some other tasks our Support team may be able to help you with.

• Change domain nameservers
• Transfer third-party domains to Mailchimp
• Update WHOIS records
• Add forwarding or masked forwarding to your domain
• Update your Google Workspace billing information

You can contact our Support team directly from the Domains Overview page in your account.

Next steps

After you purchase a domain in Mailchimp, use it with your website, store, or landing pages. Here are some guides to help you get started.

• Create a website
  Build your presence on the internet and grow your audience with our website features.

• Create a store
  Add an online store to sell your products. Creating a store in Mailchimp allows you to add store pages to your existing website. You can then add and sell as many products as you want.

• Create a landing page
  Share a limited-time marketing campaign with your potential customers and tell them more about what you have to offer.