Using SNS

Learn more about .sol domain utilities

Transacting with SNS

The Solana Name Service is supported by most, if not all, of the popular wallets on Solana. Amongst other use cases that can be found under List of Integrations, transacting with your .sol is the most popular.

You can send SPL tokens and native SOL directly using a .sol domain or Twitter handle instead of using an address.

Transacting with a .sol domain

To send tokens to someone using their .sol domain, you need to enter <domain_name>.sol in the Recipient field. If the domain name is not registered, it will display as below.

If the domain name of the recipient is registersol, you need to enter registersol.sol.

Most wallets follow the same convention described here.

Transacting with a Twitter Handle

To send tokens to someone using their Twitter handle, you need to enter @<twitter_handle> in the Recipient field. If a Twitter handle is not registered, it will appear as below.

If the Twitter handle of the recipient is @myhandle, you need to enter @myhandle and not myhandle.

Twitter handles are case-sensitive.

At this moment, only Solflare supports transactions via Twitter handles.

Resolving websites with SNS

In-house resolver

Go to your domain collection and click on the domain you'd like to resolve. Click the Edit button in the Others section to edit the records of your domain.

The resolver supports (1) URLs (for that, edit the General section), (2) IPFS CIDs & (3) Arweave hashes. Choose what you would like to resolve and enter it accordingly.

The format of the records is as follows:

  1. IPFS: ipfs://<CID> (e.g ipfs://QmZk9uh2mqmXJFKu2Hq7kFRh93pA8GDpSZ6ReNqubfRKKQ)

  2. ARWV: arwv://<HASH> (e.g arwv://KuB5jmew87_M2flH9f6ZpB9jlDv8hZSHPrmGUY8KqEk)

  3. URL: With the following format url_to_your_website (e.g https://sns.id)

If you have more than one record set, the resolver will prioritize the url section first, then IPFS and lastly ARWV.

Once your record section is set, you can browse SNS websites in the format of yourdomainname.sol-domain.org.

Brave example

Brave's integration allows you to resolve domain names natively. This means no gateway or extension is needed — just your .sol domain name in the URL tab.

Follow the steps above and edit either the URL or IPFS record section of the domain. Sign the transaction and you are good to go.

Go to Brave Browser and type your .sol just as it is in the URL tab and watch your website resolve.

4Everland example

4EVERLAND Hosting service supports SNS+IPFS and offers a dedicated gateway 4sol.xyz for all SNS owners.

To deploy your website on IPFS and associate your domain name, follow the steps below.

Video tutorial for 4EVERLAND setup

Marlin Oyster gateway

Marlin Oyster also allows you to access any IPFS URL appended to your IPFS record under your .sol domain. The setup is incredibly easy. View your domain, dropdown records and edit the IPFS record with your link.

Now you are completely set up and you can access your website through the .place gateway. For example, https://builtonoyster.sol.place.

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