# Domain hosting

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/domain-hosting/137024>\
**Category:** Account & Settings\
**Tags:** getting-started\
**Created:** [July 28, 2025, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/domain-hosting/137024 "2025-07-28T22:18:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![HubspotUserNZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/54ee81/32.png) [@HubspotUserNZ](https://community.hubspot.com/u/HubspotUserNZ)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2025, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/domain-hosting/137024/1 "2025-07-28T22:18:39Z")

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Hi there, can someone please assist me with this, because HubSpot are not being of any help here. If I connect a domain such as [abc.com](http://abc.com) to my HubSpot, do I have to be paying our domain provider for hosting on this domain to be able to connect [content.abc.com](http://content.abc.com) [blog.abc.com](http://blog.abc.com) etc and have it work?

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**Author:** ![JessicaHatchiDigital](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f9b8f/32.png) [@JessicaHatchiDigital](https://community.hubspot.com/u/JessicaHatchiDigital)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 12:23am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/domain-hosting/137024/2 "2025-07-29T00:23:55Z")

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Hi @HubspotUserNZ,

Great question, it can definitely be confusing. Here’s how it works with HubSpot and domain hosting:

When you connect a domain like **[abc.com](http://abc.com)** to HubSpot (for things like landing pages, blogs, or website content), **HubSpot does the hosting for that content** on the connected subdomains (e.g., [content.abc.com](http://content.abc.com), [blog.abc.com](http://blog.abc.com)).

**However, you still need to keep paying your domain provider (registrar) to maintain ownership and DNS management of your domain.**

Your domain provider is where your domain is registered, and you’ll use their DNS settings to point your subdomains (like [blog.abc.com](http://blog.abc.com)) to HubSpot’s servers via CNAME or A records.

So in short:

- HubSpot hosts the content once your domain/subdomains are connected correctly.
- You still pay your domain provider for domain registration and DNS hosting.

If you cancel your domain registration, your domain and subdomains will stop working everywhere, including HubSpot.

Hope that clears it up!

Jess