TL;DR: Notion doesn’t support custom domains — not even on paid plans. The fix: redirect your domain to your Notion page URL using Domain-Forward.com (free plan available). You get HTTPS, a proper 301 redirect, and it takes 5 minutes to set up.
You bought a domain for your project, your company wiki, or your portfolio. Your actual content lives on Notion. You want visitors who type yourdomain.com to land on your Notion page. Simple, right?
Except Notion has no custom domain feature. Not on the free plan. Not on Plus. Not on Business. Not on Enterprise. There is no setting, no DNS record, no integration that lets you connect your own domain directly to a Notion page.
If you want people to reach your Notion content through your own domain, you need a redirect. And if you want that redirect to work over HTTPS (which it must, in 2026), you need a forwarding service that provisions SSL certificates.
Why Notion Doesn’t Support Custom Domains
Notion is a workspace tool, not a web hosting platform. Their architecture serves pages from notion.site (for published pages) or notion.so (for workspace links). There’s no mechanism to route traffic from an external domain to a specific Notion page at the DNS level.
This means:
- You can’t set a CNAME record pointing to Notion — they don’t accept it
- You can’t set an A record — there’s no IP address for your specific page
- Third-party tools like “Notion custom domain” services use iframe embedding (which has SEO penalties) or reverse proxies (which are fragile and expensive)
The simplest, most reliable solution is a domain redirect: someone visits your domain, gets a 301 redirect, and lands on your Notion page in under a second.
The Fix: Redirect Your Domain to Notion With Domain-Forward.com
Domain-Forward.com handles the entire redirect chain for you:
- Automatic SSL certificates — your domain works over HTTPS immediately
- 301 permanent redirects — clean, fast, SEO-friendly
- Both www and non-www handled — no lost visitors
- Analytics — see how many people are hitting your redirect
- No hosting required — you don’t need a server, a VPS, or any technical infrastructure
- Free plan — up to 5 domains at no cost
Step 1: Get your Notion page URL
Open your Notion page in a browser. If it’s a published page, the URL looks like:
https://yourworkspace.notion.site/Page-Name-abc123def456If you’ve set up a custom Notion Site domain, it might be:
https://yourname.notion.siteCopy this full URL — this is your redirect destination.
Step 2: Create your free account
Sign up at Domain-Forward.com. No credit card required.
Step 3: Add your redirect
Click “Add Redirect” and configure:
- Source domain:
yourdomain.com(add both root andwwwversions) - Destination URL: Your Notion page URL from Step 1
- Redirect type: 301 (permanent) — this is the default
Step 4: Update your DNS records
At your domain registrar (wherever you bought the domain), update these DNS records:
| Record Type | Host | Value |
|---|---|---|
| A | @ (root) | 138.68.125.144 |
| CNAME | www | edge.domain-forward.com |
Your email stays working. These changes only affect A and CNAME records — your MX records (email) are untouched.
If you’re on a specific registrar, we have detailed DNS guides for GoDaddy, Namecheap, Hostinger, Bluehost, IONOS, and Domain.com.
Step 5: Wait for DNS propagation
DNS propagation typically takes 1-4 hours, occasionally up to 48 hours. Once propagation completes, Domain-Forward.com automatically provisions an SSL certificate for your domain.
Step 6: Test your redirect
Visit your domain in a browser — both http://yourdomain.com and https://yourdomain.com should redirect to your Notion page. You can also verify with our redirect tester tool.
When to Use a Subdomain Instead
If your main domain already points to a website, you can redirect a subdomain to Notion:
docs.yourdomain.com→ Your Notion documentationwiki.yourdomain.com→ Your team wikinotes.yourdomain.com→ Your public knowledge base
Just add a CNAME record for the subdomain pointing to edge.domain-forward.com, then set up the redirect in Domain-Forward.com.
Notion Redirect vs. “Notion Custom Domain” Services
You might have seen services that promise to “connect a custom domain to Notion.” Here’s how they typically work — and why a simple redirect is usually better:
| Feature | Simple Redirect (Domain-Forward.com) | Notion Custom Domain Services |
|---|---|---|
| Setup time | 5 minutes | 15-30 minutes |
| Monthly cost | Free (up to 5 domains) | $5-15/month |
| HTTPS | Automatic | Usually included |
| SEO | Clean 301 — no penalties | Iframe/proxy — potential issues |
| Reliability | Redirect is instantaneous | Depends on proxy uptime |
| Notion updates | Always shows latest content | May cache or lag |
| URL in browser | Shows Notion URL | Shows your domain |
The trade-off: with a redirect, visitors see the Notion URL in their browser after landing. If keeping your domain visible in the address bar is critical, URL masking is an option — but it uses iframes, which can cause SEO and usability issues. For most use cases (portfolios, docs, wikis), a clean redirect is the right choice.
Stop Sharing Ugly Notion Links
Every time you share https://yourworkspace.notion.site/Project-Docs-8a3f2b1c..., people hesitate to click. It looks like spam. A clean domain like docs.yourproject.com builds trust instantly.
The fix takes 5 minutes: create your free account, add your Notion URL as the destination, update two DNS records, and you’re done. Your email keeps working — only web traffic records change, not MX records.