Find your origin URL

An origin URL is the existing public address where your website currently loads. A crawler-rendering layer fetches this origin to obtain the visitor-facing page, then returns an appropriate response for eligible crawler requests.

The origin is usually a provider URL such as a Netlify, Vercel, Lovable, Webflow, or other hosting address. It is not normally the custom domain that you are routing through the rendering layer.

Your origin must be publicly reachable over HTTPS and must return the website without requiring a login, VPN, IP allowlist, or browser-only challenge. It must not redirect back to the public hostname; that creates a loop.

Check the origin directly in a private browser window. Confirm that it loads the expected site, its assets, and its important routes. A temporary staging URL is suitable only if it faithfully represents production and is protected from accidental indexing.

• Do not use the same public custom domain as both the origin and the proxy target.
• Do not use an admin, preview, checkout, or authenticated URL.
• Do not point the origin at a hostname that redirects to the custom domain.
• Do not expose credentials in query strings or URL fragments.

After connecting the origin, request the public hostname as a regular visitor and with a crawler-style user agent. The visitor path should remain unchanged. The crawler response should contain the same important public content without looping or returning a thin shell.