Lovable Custom Domain: Deploy Your Site in 5 Minutes

Lovable's default lovable.app subdomain is fine while you're iterating. The moment you show the site to a customer, that subdomain starts to look unfinished. This guide covers the five-minute path to a custom domain on EU-hosted infrastructure. For the full picture of Lovable custom domain hosting, including SSL, free-plan limits and a feature comparison, see the dedicated tool page.

What you'll need

• A Lovable project that builds successfully
• A domain you own (or one you'll buy in the next 5 minutes)
• A free VibeDeploy account

That's it. No CLI installation required. For faster redeploys, connect the VibeDeploy MCP server in Cursor or Claude.

Step 1: Export from Lovable

In your Lovable project, push to GitHub or download the project as a ZIP. Either path works.

If you use the GitHub option, you'll get a connected repo Lovable updates as you edit. That's useful later for auto-redeploys.

If you download the ZIP, you'll need to repeat this step every time you change the project in Lovable.

Step 2: Build locally (or skip and let Git do it)

If you're using the GitHub path, skip to Step 3. The CI build runs automatically.

If you downloaded the ZIP:

unzip my-lovable-project.zip
cd my-lovable-project
npm install
npm run build

You'll get a dist/ folder. That's what you upload.

Step 3: Upload to VibeDeploy

Sign in to VibeDeploy. Click New Site. Either:

• Drag-and-drop the dist/ folder into the upload area, or
• Connect the GitHub repo if you went that route. VibeDeploy detects Vite (Lovable's default) and runs npm run build automatically.

Either way, you get a *.vibedeploy.be URL within 30 seconds. Open it. The site should look identical to the Lovable preview.

Step 4: Add your custom domain

In the site settings, click Domains, then Add domain. Enter the domain (e.g. mysite.com).

VibeDeploy gives you DNS records to add at your registrar. Two flavors:

• Apex (mysite.com): an A record pointing to VibeDeploy's edge IP.
• Subdomain (www.mysite.com): a CNAME pointing to proxy.vibedeploy.be.

Add both if you want the apex and the www subdomain to work. Most registrars take 1 to 5 minutes to propagate.

Once DNS resolves, VibeDeploy issues a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate automatically. The site goes live on HTTPS.

Step 5: Set up automatic redeploys for future Lovable iterations

This is the step most people skip and then regret.

You have two clean ways to keep redeploying as you iterate in Lovable:

• Connect your GitHub repo. Lovable can push to GitHub. Connect that repo to VibeDeploy and every push auto-redeploys, with no manual upload.
• Let an AI agent deploy. Connect the VibeDeploy MCP server (https://mcp.vibedeploy.be/mcp) in Claude or Cursor, or export your deploy guide from the dashboard and paste it into ChatGPT or Gemini. Then you just say "redeploy" and the agent ships the latest build.

Why this matters: if you keep iterating in Lovable and pushing to GitHub, VibeDeploy auto-redeploys on every push, so your custom domain always shows the latest version without you re-typing deploy steps.

Verify

Open https://mysite.com in a fresh browser tab. You should see your Lovable site, served over HTTPS, on your custom domain.

Common things that go wrong:

• DNS hasn't propagated. Wait a few more minutes. Use dig mysite.com to verify.
• Mixed content warnings. Lovable sometimes generates http:// references for images or fonts. Search the source for http:// and replace with https://.
• Custom domain on Lovable's side too. Lovable also lets you set a custom domain pointing at their hosting. Don't do both at once. Pick one (VibeDeploy in this case) and remove the Lovable side.

What you get

• Custom domain (mysite.com instead of mysite.lovable.app)
• HTTPS automatic, no manual cert management
• EU hosting (Belgian data centre, GDPR-friendly)
• Backup retention up to 30 days on paid plans
• Auto-redeploy on every Lovable update if you used the GitHub path

What this doesn't do

• Doesn't replace Lovable's AI editor. Keep iterating in Lovable.
• Doesn't move your Supabase or external API. Those continue running where they were.
• Doesn't migrate the project off Lovable. The source still lives in Lovable's editor; VibeDeploy just hosts the build output.

Cost

VibeDeploy's 14-day free trial covers 1 site with custom domain so you can try it at no charge. After the trial, the Maker plan is €15/month. No per-bandwidth charges.

For a deep comparison with other Lovable hosting options, see VibeDeploy vs Lovable hosting. For the broader pattern, see the main deploy guide.