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# Changing your main domain

Your hosting account has a main (primary) domain — the domain the cPanel account was created with. If you've rebranded or moved to a new domain name, we can change the main domain for you.

## How to request the change

Changing the primary domain on a cPanel account is done by our team to make sure everything is updated cleanly. To request it:

1. Log in to the Hosting Panel at [https://clients.stablepoint.com](https://clients.stablepoint.com).
2. Open a support ticket.
3. Include:
   * The current main domain
   * The new main domain
   * Whether the new domain should keep the existing website content

We'll make the change and confirm once done — usually very quickly.

## What to check after the change

* **DNS:** point the new domain to our nameservers (or set its A record to your server IP).
* **SSL:** a certificate for the new domain is issued automatically once DNS resolves; check **SSL/TLS Status** in cPanel.
* **Application URLs:** update your application's site URL. For WordPress: **Settings → General**, update both WordPress Address and Site Address, and run a search-replace for old URLs in content (WP-CLI: `wp search-replace 'olddomain.com' 'newdomain.com'`).
* **Email accounts:** mailboxes exist per domain. Create the mailboxes on the new domain, and set up forwarders from the old addresses if you're keeping the old domain during a transition.
* **Old domain redirect:** if you keep the old domain pointed at us, add a 301 redirect from old to new so visitors and search engines follow.

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  Changing the main domain does not affect your billing, plan, or files — only the domain the account is addressed by.
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