I can have multiple custom domains using host-rewrites, correct? about examples

[steven-tey]

Hey @JohnAllen! Steven here, creator of the hostname rewrites example! What do you mean by "I just want multiple root/main/host names that are related, but different"?

To clarify, the ROOT_URL is basically the URL that you want to use for all your subdomains. For example, take Substack as an example – substack.com is the ROOT_URL and that will be used for all the subdomains that users get (steven.substack.com, john.substack.com)

[JohnAllen]

There's also this line in the README:

Do note that you will need to replace the ROOT_URL variable in the .env.example file with your domain of choice and add that domain as a wildcard domain your Vercel project.

[JohnAllen]

Thanks for the response @steven-tey!

I want to have multiple domains/hostnames use the same codebase, essentially. Similar sites sharing code but are different, mostly for geographic & SEO purposes. So I do not want many subdomains. I want many hostnames. I am wondering if this host-rewrites approach is the best way to do it and what alternatives there are.

I get the "platform" example like Substack. Instead I want to have many hostnames and not subdomains. I know I can sort of hack the i18n feature of Next/Vercel, just wondering the other ways to accomplish my goal before I write much code :)

[JohnAllen]

I mostly figured it out. Still trying to figure out how to dev with multiple sites on localhost using getStaticProps and getStaticPaths

[moinulmoin]

@JohnAllen Hi, I am stuck with something. I have created an issue on it. Could you please take a look? thanks

[webberwang]

For https://custom-domain-1.com/ mapping to https://subdomain-1.vercel.sh/

what does the owner of https://custom-domain-1.com/ have to change in terms of DNS records to point to subdomain-1.vercel.sh?