CrazyDomains

Managed hosting, automatic SSL, and a global CDN power every site you build here — but until you point a custom domain at it, your work lives on a .webflow.io subdomain instead of your own brand.

CrazyDomains handles that other half for the Philippine market: register a .ph, .com, or other TLD, keep email and DNS under your control, then add a few records so web traffic resolves to Webflow. It's the standard path for agencies handing off client sites and for SMBs launching their first build.

How to integrate CrazyDomains with Webflow

What is CrazyDomains? CrazyDomains is a domain registrar and web hosting provider serving the Philippine market. It offers domain registration across TLDs like .ph, .com, and .org, plus free DNS hosting, SSL certificates, and email hosting. For your Webflow project, CrazyDomains handles domain registration and DNS management. Hosting stays here.

Reach for this combination when you want a site built here to run on a domain registered at CrazyDomains. You keep domain ownership and email at CrazyDomains, then point web traffic to Webflow. The connection is a DNS exercise: copy record values from your site settings and enter them in the CrazyDomains dashboard or cPanel.

The CrazyDomains-Webflow integration supports two approaches:

• The manual DNS connection points your domain to Webflow by adding A, CNAME, and TXT records through the CrazyDomains dashboard or cPanel. No code required.
• The Webflow Data API lets you list custom domains and trigger publishes programmatically, but you'll need server-side development to use it. CrazyDomains has no public API for standard customers, so all registrar-side steps stay manual.

Most implementations use the manual DNS method. Take the API path when you need to automate publishing on top of the DNS setup.

Connect your CrazyDomains domain with manual DNS

This is the primary method for pointing a CrazyDomains domain at Webflow. It runs entirely through graphical dashboards on both sides, so you don't need to write any code. Copy three record values from your site settings, then add them to your domain's DNS zone at CrazyDomains. The manual custom domain guide covers this side in full.

You need a paid Site plan to connect a custom domain. Free and Starter plans can't use custom domains.

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To set up the integration:

1. Go to Site settings > Publishing > Production. Copy the exact A record IP, CNAME value, and _webflow TXT verification string from your dashboard.
2. In CrazyDomains, confirm your domain uses the correct nameservers. For cPanel DNS, the domain must use ns1.syrahost.com and ns2.syrahost.com. Otherwise, manage DNS through Account Manager DNS.
3. Open the DNS zone. In cPanel, go to Domains > Zone Editor and click Manage next to your domain.
4. Click + Add Record, select type A, set the host to @, and enter the IP from your dashboard. Click Save Record.
5. Add a CNAME record with host www and value cdn.webflow.com.
6. Add a TXT record with host _webflow and the one-time-verification= value from your dashboard.

The records you add depend on the values in your live dashboard, not cached documentation. Copy them exactly:

• A record: host @ → 198.202.211.1
• CNAME record: host www → cdn.webflow.com
• TXT record: host _webflow → your unique verification string

Once the records propagate, verify the domain in your site settings and set www as your default domain to avoid redirect loops.

Verify and set the default domain

After DNS records point to Webflow, you still need to verify the domain and pick a default. Setting the wrong default causes redirect loops and the "too many redirects" error.

To finish the connection:

1. Return to Site settings > Publishing > Production and check that your domain shows as connected.
2. Click Make default next to the www version of your domain.
3. Publish the site to push it live on the custom domain.

Set www as the default rather than the root domain to keep crawlers and visitors reaching your site.

Handle DNS migration and legacy records

The DNS infrastructure migrated in April 2025. Legacy A record values like 75.2.70.75 and 99.83.190.102 no longer work. Legacy DNS support ended January 13, 2026, so sites on old records can't publish to custom domains.

To migrate:

1. Open Site settings > Publishing > Production and read the current A record value.
2. In CrazyDomains, replace any legacy A record value with 198.202.211.1.
3. Republish the site to confirm the connection.

Always pull DNS values from your live dashboard. The DNS migration guide covers edge cases if publishing still fails.

Build with the Webflow Data API

The Data API handles publishing and custom domain checks programmatically once your DNS records point to Webflow. You'll need server-side development, and the API only covers this side of the integration. CrazyDomains offers no public API for standard customers, so you'll still enter DNS records manually in the dashboard or cPanel. A Reseller API exists, but only reseller accounts can use it.

The available API resources for this workflow:

• The custom domains endpoint retrieves the domain IDs connected to a site
• The publish endpoint publishes a site to specific custom domains
• Webhooks fire a site-publish event when a publish completes

Together, these endpoints let you automate publishing after you configure DNS manually at CrazyDomains.

Publish to a custom domain via API

Once DNS records resolve and you've verified the domain, you can publish through the API instead of the dashboard. This suits teams running scheduled deploys or triggering publishes from a backend system.

To implement this:

1. Call GET /v2/sites/{site_id}/custom_domains with the sites:read scope to retrieve the custom domain IDs for your site.
2. Call POST /v2/sites/{site_id}/publish with the sites:write scope. Pass the domain IDs in the request body to target specific domains.
3. Listen for the site-publish webhook event to trigger downstream automation after the publish finishes.

This path automates publishing, but the DNS records that point CrazyDomains at Webflow must already exist.

What can you build with the CrazyDomains Webflow integration?

Integrating CrazyDomains with Webflow lets you serve your site on your own domain without moving domain registration or email away from CrazyDomains.

• Branded Philippine business site: Register a .ph domain at CrazyDomains, build the site here, then add A and CNAME records so the domain serves your site with automatic SSL.
• Site plus retained email: Point web traffic to Webflow with A and CNAME records while keeping MX records at CrazyDomains, so hello@yourbrand.ph email keeps working alongside your hosted site.
• Agency client handoff: Build a client site here and connect the client's CrazyDomains-owned domain. The client keeps domain and email ownership while you manage the site design.
• Ecommerce storefront on a custom domain: Launch an ecommerce site, point a CrazyDomains domain at it, and rely on automatic SSL provisioning instead of buying a separate certificate.

If you need more control over automated publishing across multiple CrazyDomains-connected sites, take the API integration path.