Custom Domains for Fundraising Platforms

Why custom domains matter for fundraising and donation platforms

Donation conversion is a trust game. Visitors who click "Donate" and watch the URL bar change to donate-platform.com hesitate. donate.acme.com on the nonprofit's own domain looks like a legitimate ask, not a third-party processor. The lift on completed donations pays for the feature.

What your users get

• Donation pages on the nonprofit's own domain
• Receipt emails from the nonprofit's brand
• Better completion rates when the URL matches the cause

How it works in 3 steps

1. Your user types their hostname (donate.acme.com) into your UI.
2. your fundraising platform POSTs to the Domainee API to register it and gets back the CNAME the user needs to add at their DNS provider.
3. We monitor DNS, issue the cert via Let's Encrypt, and webhook back when it's live. Usually about 60 seconds.

The code

curl -X POST https://api.domainee.dev/v1/domains \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DOMAINEE_API_KEY" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "hostname": "donate.acme.com",
    "originUrl": "https://app.your-saas.com",
    "mode": "proxy",
    "redirectWww": true,
    "metadata": { "workspaceId": "your-internal-id" }
  }'

The response includes a dnsRecords array (usually one CNAME). Show that to your user, tell them to paste it at their DNS provider, and we'll handle the rest.

For the full walkthrough, see How to let users connect a custom domain to your SaaS.

Pricing

Your first 50 customer hostnames and 100 GB of bandwidth every month are free. After that: $0.20 per domain (graduated to $0.10 at scale), $0.05/GB above 400 GB. No monthly minimum, no contract, no sales call.