https://community.squareup.com/t5/Hardware-Setup-Troubleshooting/Connected-domain-but-cannot-transfer-to-Square/m-p/317917#M6013 <P>Hey there&nbsp;<a href="https://community.squareup.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/409226">@laurmargg</a>!</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>If you have connected your domain it now points to Square meaning the site that will show up at that domain will be your Square Online Site - you don't need to transfer the domain, transfers are just so that Square can handle the renewal costs and the domain is registered under Square/Register.com - having it connected keeps all payments managed by the original register and you'll do all your DNS from them - or a selected DNS provider such as cloudflare - at the end of the day so long as the domain is connected you're all set to start building your website with Square!</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Hope this could help, if it did, please mark it as best answer to help others with similar questions in the future!</P> Wed, 10 Nov 2021 08:50:49 GMT MJD 2021-11-10T08:50:49Z https://community.squareup.com/t5/Hardware-Setup-Troubleshooting/Connected-domain-but-cannot-transfer-to-Square/m-p/317682#M6012 <P>I connected my domain to square before finding out because it is a .ca that I cannot transfer it to square.</P><P>What are the benefits of just having the domain connected?</P><P>Do I now build my website through square instead of my old host?</P> Sun, 21 Sep 2025 12:11:35 GMT https://community.squareup.com/t5/Hardware-Setup-Troubleshooting/Connected-domain-but-cannot-transfer-to-Square/m-p/317682#M6012 laurmargg 2025-09-21T12:11:35Z https://community.squareup.com/t5/Hardware-Setup-Troubleshooting/Connected-domain-but-cannot-transfer-to-Square/m-p/317917#M6013 <P>Hey there&nbsp;<a href="https://community.squareup.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/409226">@laurmargg</a>!</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>If you have connected your domain it now points to Square meaning the site that will show up at that domain will be your Square Online Site - you don't need to transfer the domain, transfers are just so that Square can handle the renewal costs and the domain is registered under Square/Register.com - having it connected keeps all payments managed by the original register and you'll do all your DNS from them - or a selected DNS provider such as cloudflare - at the end of the day so long as the domain is connected you're all set to start building your website with Square!</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Hope this could help, if it did, please mark it as best answer to help others with similar questions in the future!</P> Wed, 10 Nov 2021 08:50:49 GMT https://community.squareup.com/t5/Hardware-Setup-Troubleshooting/Connected-domain-but-cannot-transfer-to-Square/m-p/317917#M6013 MJD 2021-11-10T08:50:49Z