Wix provides multiple domain management tools that allow Wix users to register, connect, and manage domain settings for their sites. These APIs allow you to search for available domains, connect external domains to Wix, configure DNS settings, and check whether a domain can be transferred to Wix.
With the Domains APIs you can:
- Search for and check the availability of domain names.
- Connect externally registered domains to a Wix site via nameservers or pointing.
- Manage DNS zones for domains connected by nameservers.
- Validate a domain transfer to Wix from another registrar, including the authorization code.
- Registered domain: A domain purchased and managed through Wix.
- External domain: A domain registered with a third-party provider but connected to a Wix site.
- Primary domain: The main domain assigned to a Wix site.
- Secondary domain: Additional domains that redirect to the primary domain.
- Nameserver connection: A method where Wix hosts the domain's DNS records.
- Pointing connection: A method where an external provider manages the domain's DNS records while pointing to a Wix site.
- Authorization code: A code from a domain's current registrar that authorizes transferring the domain. Also known as an EPP code or transfer code.
- DNS zone: A subdivision of the DNS namespace that defines how a domain’s traffic is directed.
- TLD (Top-Level Domain): The extension of a domain, such as .com, .net, or .org