Commerce Website Setup
This release note was updated April 14, 2025.
NetSuite 2025.1 includes the following enhancements to site setup features for your Commerce website:
Migration of Maintenance Domains to Predefined URL
To enhance security and reliability, site maintenance domains have been replaced with a secure URL. Replacing site maintenance domains with a secure URL is a best practice that strengthens security, protects user data, and enhances the overall reliability and trustworthiness of your website. It is an essential step in maintaining a safe and user-friendly online environment.
Now, if your website is taken offline for maintenance or unavailable, it will redirect to a predefined URL on your web store domain, https://< web store domain>/website-temporarily-unavailable.
If you use a custom site maintenance domain, the files in the NetSuite File Cabinet folder where your maintenance content is stored will continue to be used for the new maintenance URL. If you have not uploaded your own custom maintenance content, NetSuite displays a generic maintenance page. See Custom Maintenance Folder and Content.
End of Support for New Non-secure Domains
The option to create new, non-secure (HTTP) domains has been removed from NetSuite accounts. All new domain types that you create in NetSuite must now be secured with an SSL certificate.
Starting April 2, 2025, support will stop for all non-secure domains, and traffic to those domains will be blocked. To ensure a seamless transition and enhance your security, you should secure your existing domain(s). See Secure Your Domain for specific instructions.
Secure (HTTPS) domains are now the industry standard. Including secure technology for your domains assures your customers that their activities on your website are safe. Also, search engines often rank secure sites higher than non-secure sites. See Secure Domains for more information.
Direct Invoice Payment to My Account
With the 2025.1.0 release, you can send your customers a link that lets them make a direct invoice payment.
You can set a preferred domain to be used for the link, which directs customers to your Commerce website. After they log in, they are directed to the invoice, which is stored in their My Account area. Your customers can then use one of their stored payment methods to make a payment without needing to re-enter their payment information.
For more information, see Direct Invoice Payment.