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title: "Get started with domains"
description: "Find the best setup path and next steps based on your needs for a custom domain."
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Find the best setup path and next steps based on your needs for a custom domain.

### Caution - Quick navigation tips

Sign in to the Netlify docs site and you can quickly navigate across the Netlify app from the docs. To manage your project's domains, from your **Project overview**, on the left sidebar, select 
### NavigationPath Component:

Domain management
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## Domains and DNS wizard

Answer a few questions to find your fastest path to domain setup.

> **Navigator** component (self-closing)

## Domain setup options

To review your domain options, check out our [Understand domains](/manage/domains/domains-fundamentals/understand-domains) or [domains glossary](/manage/domains/domains-fundamentals/domains-glossary) docs.

| I want to set up . . .  | Docs |
| --- | --- |
| a new custom domain  | [Register and buy a new custom domain with the option to manage it with Netlify DNS](/manage/domains/configure-domains/register-and-buy-a-domain) <br /> <br /> [Why Netlify DNS?](/manage/domains/why-netlify-dns) |
| a custom domain for my site/app that I already own, such as `company.com` or `shop.company.com` | [Bring your own domain](/manage/domains/configure-domains/bring-a-domain-to-netlify) |
| Netlify DNS | [Set up Netlifly DNS](/manage/domains/set-up-netlify-dns)
| just a standalone subdomain, such as `docs.company.com`, where `company.com` is a domain managed or hosted outside of Netlify and where `docs.company.com` is managed by Netlify DNS for your production branch | [Delegate a standalone subdomain](/manage/domains/configure-domains/delegate-a-standalone-subdomain) |
| just `https` for my domain or an SSL certificate | [HTTPS SSL](/manage/domains/secure-domains-with-https/https-ssl) |
| An alias domain or an additional custom domain since my site/app on Netlify already has a primary domain | [Add an alias domain](/manage/domains/configure-domains/add-a-domain-alias) |
| A domain redirect | [Add domain redirect](/manage/domains/manage-domains/add-domain-redirect) | 
| A domain transfer | [Transfer a domain](/manage/domains/manage-domains/transfer-a-domain) | 
| A shared custom subdomain for preview environments of my site/app, such as `early-access.company.com` instead of the default Netlify subdomain of `mysitename.netlify.app` so I can use tools requiring shared subdomains with the production URL | [Configure an automatic subdomain for deploys](/manage/domains/configure-domains/configure-an-automatic-subdomain-for-deploys) |

## Domain migration best practices

To keep your site/app running smoothly while you migrate your domain, check out this blog post on [Migrating a domain to Netlify](https://www.netlify.com/blog/2021/04/06/migrating-dns-for-a-production-site-we-made-you-a-site-migration-checklist/).

## Custom help

You can also use [Ask Netlify](/resources/troubleshooting/ask-netlify) to ask specific questions about your domain setup needs.

Let us know in the docs feedback form comments below if you'd like to see a guide for your specific domain scenario.