Unable to forward and mask my domain to my Etsy shop

[agon024]

I followed the step by step guide here - https://www.godaddy.com/help/manually-forwarding-or-masking-your-domain-or-subdomain-422

But when I go to my domain heaveninphotos.com i get a broken file icon with a message underneath saying "www.etsy.com refused to connect.". Is there something else I need to do? Or am I missing something?

[Nate · Accepted solution]

Masking is an outdated method which can cause problems with modern web standards, some services actively block it's use.  While regular forwarding (without masking) is a redirect which should work for most services.

If you add the Domain under the Pattern Dashboard of your Etsy account you can properly associate the domain with your store using a couple DNS records. (note: you'll need to remove the forwarding before editing these records)

https://help.etsy.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000336367

[agon024]

Perfect. Thank you.