Data region
Where a site's own small database lives, how it's chosen automatically, and when you can change it.
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Each website can have a data region: the part of the world where its own small database is kept.
What it affects — and what it doesn't
- It only affects the small per-site database that a site's own custom code may use. Most sites never need one.
- Built-in app data — bookings, reservations, form messages, subscribers, orders, contacts and so on — is stored centrally by DollarSite and isn't affected by this setting.
How it's chosen
On Auto, we pick the region from your business address (from the Chip interview) first, then your account country, and otherwise North America (east).
The options are West or East North America, West or East Europe, Asia-Pacific and Oceania. Some services also offer an EU only option.
Changing it
Open your site's Settings page and use the Data region card. You can change it until the site's database is first created. After that it's locked, because our database provider can't move a database once it's created. If you need it in a different region, contact support and they can recreate it there manually.
Your account country
Your account country is guessed at signup from your location (we only store the country code). You can change it under Account → Country.