This is a preview — connect a custom domain to make your helpdesk live and discoverable by search engines.

Pointing a custom domain at your help center

You can serve your help center from your own subdomain — help.yourdomain.com, docs.yourdomain.com, anything you like.

Step 1: Add the domain in Helpdesky

Dashboard → Settings → Custom domain → Add domain. Paste the full hostname.

Step 2: Add the DNS records

You'll get two records. Add both at your DNS provider:

TYPE   NAME   VALUE
CNAME  help   cname.helpdesky.io
TXT    _hd    helpdesky-verify=abc123…

DNS propagation usually completes in 5–30 minutes. The status badge on the domain card flips to Verified automatically.

Step 3: TLS happens for you

We provision the certificate through Cloudflare for SaaS as soon as the verification record is detected. No configuration needed.

SEO note: Helpdesky sets a self-canonical on your custom domain so it doesn't compete with /help/<slug> for rankings. Your custom domain is the source of truth.

Last updated on May 22, 2026