# website cannot be published because domain already exists

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/website-cannot-be-published-because-domain-already-exists/145893>\
**Category:** Blog, Website & Page Publishing\
**Tags:** website-pages\
**Created:** [February 5, 2026, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/website-cannot-be-published-because-domain-already-exists/145893 "2026-02-05T21:55:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![MDlamini6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MDlamini6](https://community.hubspot.com/u/MDlamini6)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/website-cannot-be-published-because-domain-already-exists/145893/1 "2026-02-05T21:55:49Z")

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![Screenshot 2026-02-05 224453.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/4/6/463a22adec02f817ec5c34671eba2b6d14e848e2.png)

how do i solve this problem, it says my domain already exists but i just bought it on namecheap, please help, cant publish my website

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Vaz](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/jonathan_vaz/32/83046_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Vaz](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Jonathan_Vaz)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 12:43am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/website-cannot-be-published-because-domain-already-exists/145893/2 "2026-02-06T00:43:28Z")

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Hey @MDlamini6,

Based on the error shown in the screenshot its does not seem like a domain issue. I assume you are attempting to publish this page as your Homepage but another page or redirect inside HubSpot has already claimed that spot. Go to Content and then Website Pages and in the search bar, type exactly: domain:[www.yourdomainname.website/](http://www.yourdomainname.website/)

This should show whatever page is currently holding that URL. Once you find the conflicting page, you must either delete it permanently or change its URL slug. There are some great instructions at this community article that I would recommend referring to while troubleshooting this issue.

[https://community.hubspot.com/t5/Blog-Website-Page-Publishing/Error-A-Page-already-exists-at-quot-domain-quot-To-change-the/m-p/1011281](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/Blog-Website-Page-Publishing/Error-A-Page-already-exists-at-quot-domain-quot-To-change-the/m-p/1011281)