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Launch

Put the name on the site.

Follow the choices. Each one opens the real account — Cloudflare, Porkbun, Namecheap, Vercel, or Pages. Express Apps does not buy the name for you.

Connect a domain

One choice at a time.

The build fee does not buy the name. This walk tells you which button to press, then how the name reaches the site.

1. Do you have a web address?

The other tools

Database, payments, Grok, sign-in, and the design stack. Same accounts the builder uses. You open them yourself. The fee does not include them.

The name

Cloudflare RegistrarBuy the domain at cost. DNS is already in the same account.Cloudflare dashboardPoint the name, turn on SSL, and attach the site.PorkbunIf Cloudflare will not sell that ending.NamecheapFine if you already know the name. Move DNS to Cloudflare after.

The host

VercelThe host this studio ships on. Free tier is enough to start.Vercel docsDeploy, environment, and what a production build expects.Vercel domainsAttach the name you bought and wait for HTTPS.Cloudflare PagesThe other free host. Pairs with the registrar.Cloudflare Pages docsCustom domains, builds, and the project settings.

The database

NeonPostgres for anything that has to survive a refresh.Neon consoleCreate the database and copy the connection string onto the host.Neon docsBranches, pooling, and how the connection string is shaped.

Payments

Stripe dashboardWhere card payments land. The studio till is one of these.Stripe payment linksA hosted checkout with no custom card form.Stripe docsCheckout, webhooks, and test cards.

The intelligence

xAI docsGrok chat, images, video, and voice. The writer in this studio uses it.xAI consoleKeys and usage, if the app itself should call Grok.

Sign-in

Better AuthEmail and social sign-in when the app needs accounts.

The look

TailwindThe styling system the studio builds with.shadcn/uiButtons, dialogs, menus, and form pieces.RadixThe accessible pieces under those components.LucideThe icon set.Google FontsType. This site uses Outfit.

The stack

ReactThe interface library.TanStack StartThe app framework: routes, server functions, and the production build.

Share it

Open GraphThe card that shows when someone pastes the link.Add to home screenHow a web app installs on a phone, without an app store.

If it is a game

Three.js3D in the browser.Phaser2D games: scenes, sprites, and physics.

Where a link can travel

XWrite the post yourself. Paste the studio or the store.RedditA submit box. You choose the community. Nothing is posted for you.FacebookShare a link you already have. Add the address on the end.LinkedInSame idea. A link you send, not a listing the studio buys.Product HuntA launch day, if you want one. You make the post.Hacker NewsShow HN is a title and a URL. You submit it.Indie HackersA place builders talk. Introduce the work in your own words.