How to connect your IONOS domain to SleepPRO™

Custom domains

Here is how to connect a domain bought at IONOS, so your funnels and blog show at your own address.

First add your domain in SleepPRO™, as described in step 1 of How to connect your domain to SleepPRO™. Each domain gets its own CNAME records.

First CNAME record

  1. Open the DNS zone of your domain in IONOS and click Add a record.
  2. Choose CNAME.
  3. Enter www in Hostname.
  4. Enter the first value from SleepPRO™, ending in cloudfront.net, with the full stop at the end, in Points to.
  5. Click Save.
A www CNAME record already there? Edit its target instead.

Second CNAME record

  1. Click Add a record and choose CNAME.
  2. In Hostname, enter the code from SleepPRO™ which comes before your domain, starting with an underscore.
  3. In Points to, enter the second value from SleepPRO™, ending in acm-validations.aws.
  4. Click Save.
ScreenshotThe CNAME records in IONOS

Check your records

Go to dnschecker.org and enter the full name of each record, including your domain. You should see your value with a green tick. If not, check your DNS settings.

Add a redirect

  1. In IONOS, go to Domains & SSL, choose your domain and click Change the type of use.
  2. Click Redirect domain.
  3. Enter your www address, such as www.yoursleepbusiness.com, as the destination.
  4. Tick Also configure for www subdomain if you want to include subdomains.
  5. Choose HTTP redirection (recommended).
  6. Click Save.
DNS changes take 24 to 48 hours to spread fully.
If IONOS will not save a record because of a conflict, usually with the first CNAME, ask IONOS whether the existing record is needed or can be removed.
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