Hi,
I am sure that I have done this before but it...
# suitecommerceg
George Harrington
08/20/2025, 3:24 PMHi,
I am sure that I have done this before but it has been a while since I last worked with suitecommerce 😅
We need to do demo suitecommerce to a client, is there a way to view the site without actually setting up the DNS records. There must be a url where the site is actually hosted within NetSuite correct.
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Martin
08/20/2025, 3:26 PMthere used to be urls to show the sc themes, maybe if you look for posh theme in netsuite help you can find it, btw im not sure if they are still up
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Martin
08/20/2025, 3:26 PMI don´t think you can do it without setting up a domain
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George Harrington
08/20/2025, 3:28 PMI remember back in the day you could navigate to the CNAME + some additional path on the URL.
e.g. /sca-dev/shopping.ssp
That would allow you to view the site without needing the full setup.
But we are talking Denali era.
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Steve Goldberg
08/20/2025, 4:29 PMIf the site is one that is hosted on your account then there needs to be a DNS record
Steve Goldberg
08/20/2025, 4:29 PMAnd the domain needs to be set up in NetSuite
Steve Goldberg
08/20/2025, 4:30 PMThere used to be unofficial domains that worked with wildcards, so you could set up any domain and it would automatically generate the DNS - they do not exist and were never for customer/partner use
Steve Goldberg
08/20/2025, 4:31 PMIf you need a quick demo site, then we have a few demonstrating our themes and extensions https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/netsuite/ns-online-help/chapter_158386920036.html
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Steve Goldberg
08/20/2025, 4:31 PMYou can also use the SCA developer tools to override the live site with your local version ... to a degree
Steve Goldberg
08/20/2025, 4:32 PMSo, for example, if you've developed a theme then you can run it locally and then visit anyway compatible SC/A site and it should work and show the theme
Steve Goldberg
08/20/2025, 4:32 PMEqually, if you run the SCA dev tools, then your code changes will work using the site's data ... to a degree
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George Harrington
08/20/2025, 4:36 PMMakes sense Steve thank you.
Just want to clarify on one point, if I setup a domain say sca-demo.com.
Do I also need to setup the CNAME records on a DNS server.
OR
Is there a way that I can view the hosted site without setting up the DNS on an external server. E.g.
Does NetSuite setup a point say sca-demo.com.host.netsuite.com where I can view the site, without the need for the DNS server?
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christianRILECPQ
08/21/2025, 2:46 AMDropping my two cents here:
Yup! NetSuite provides a preview URL for SuiteCommerce sites. Go to Setup, then Site Builder, and select Preview Site to get the temporary NetSuite-hosted URL. You can demo from there without changing DNS records. The URL format is usually something like [account-id]-sb1.extforms.netsuite.com, but the preview link gives you the exact path.
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Steve Goldberg
08/21/2025, 10:35 AM@christianRILECPQ Are you using ChatGPT to answer questions or something because this is a few times I've seen you post weirdly incorrect responses to people
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Steve Goldberg
08/21/2025, 10:36 AM@George Harrington For SuiteCommerce, there is no 'default' URL or anything that you can use to visit a site hosted on NetSuite without setting up DNS. You have to set up a DNS entry.
Steve Goldberg
08/21/2025, 10:37 AMDomain names are cheap, there's no real reason to not to use one
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George Harrington
08/21/2025, 12:24 PM@Steve Goldberg
Domain names are cheap, there's no real reason to not to use ones
Steve Goldberg
08/21/2025, 12:28 PMWell yeah back ye olden days we used to operate from shopping.netsuite.com or shopping.na1.netsuite.com and you can set up your hosts file to point to it with a custom domain name
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George Harrington
08/21/2025, 12:36 PMUltimately this conversation came down to:
• setting up a DNS server
• me showing my age...
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