Framer custom domains break SSL.
Your client finds out first.
When a Framer client connects a custom domain through external DNS, Framer's SSL provisioning can stall silently. The domain resolves, the site loads, and a certificate warning appears in browsers — while your uptime monitor reports green. Merlonix monitors the infrastructure layer your uptime tool skips.
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- Check cadence (Agency)
- 5 min
- SSL pre-expiry alert
- 30 days
- Vendors watched
- 11
- Independent DNS resolvers
- 3
Where Framer agencies get caught out
Three failure modes specific to Framer client portfolios.
Uptime monitors check HTTP response codes. The Framer-specific failures — SSL during custom domain connection, domain expiry after client handoffs, and upstream CDN incidents — all fail at a layer below HTTP. They generate the client calls that damage agency relationships.
Custom domain connection
Framer SSL stalls when clients use external DNS
When a Framer client points their custom domain using external nameservers instead of Framer's recommended DNS configuration, Framer's automatic SSL provisioning can stall. The domain resolves to the Framer site while browsers show a certificate warning — and your uptime monitor reports a clean 200 OK.
Domain handoff gaps
Domains expire after client handoffs
Design agencies frequently build Framer sites and hand off domain management to clients informally. When the agency's contact is still listed as the registrar account owner, domain renewals fall through the gap. An expired domain takes the Framer site — and any active SSL — completely offline.
Platform dependency
Framer CDN incidents affect all your client sites
A Framer infrastructure incident — CDN degradation, media serving issues, or deployment pipeline problems — can affect dozens of client sites simultaneously. Without vendor status monitoring, you diagnose each client site independently before realizing the problem is upstream of everything you manage.
How it works
Set up once per client. Watch every domain from there.
Merlonix is designed for Framer agencies managing client rosters across multiple domain configurations — one account, every domain, one alert flow that only fires when something actually needs attention.
01
Add your Framer client domains
Verify ownership with a DNS TXT record — Merlonix supports both Framer-nameserver domains and externally pointed domains. One verification per domain establishes the monitoring baseline. Takes under two minutes per client.
02
SSL and DNS checked every 5 minutes
Three independent DNS resolvers verify your expected records on every check interval. SSL chains are validated end-to-end: expiry date, issuer, chain completeness, and domain match. Framer custom domain SSL provisioning failures are caught within minutes — before browsers surface them to visitors.
03
Domain expiry tracked across your entire roster
Merlonix watches registration expiry dates for every client domain and alerts 30 days before expiry. For domains handed off to clients informally, you get the warning with enough time to contact the client and resolve ownership before anything goes down.
04
Alert goes to Slack or email, not a dashboard
Alerts include domain, check type, the specific record or certificate field that failed, and recommended action. No login required to triage. Framer platform incidents appear in a separate vendor status feed — so you instantly know whether one client is affected or your entire roster.
What the numbers mean for Framer agencies
Monitoring that covers the Framer-specific failure surface.
Framer agencies don't have a dedicated infrastructure team. You have designers and developers who also handle domain connections and client handoffs. Merlonix is built around that constraint — minimal setup, maximum signal, zero dashboards to babysit between client calls.
30 days
SSL expiry warning lead time — enough runway to fix before the client site shows a browser warning
< 10 min
Time from DNS change to alert — covers the full Framer DNS propagation window without false positives
11 vendors
Upstream services monitored — including Framer platform status and payment processors common in Framer ecommerce stacks
200 assets
Maximum monitored domains on the Agency plan — enough for a full Framer client roster
Pricing
Flat monthly fee. Every client domain included.
No per-domain charges. No per-alert fees. Pick the tier that fits your client count and grow without billing surprises.
Starter
For solo Framer designers watching a handful of client sites.
$29/ month
- 10 monitored assets
- 1 seat
- 15-min check cadence
- SSL + DNS + vendor monitoring
- Email + Slack alerts
Team
For growing Framer agencies with multiple team members.
$79/ month
- 50 monitored assets
- 5 seats
- 10-min check cadence
- SSL + DNS + vendor monitoring
- Email + Slack alerts
Agency
For agencies with a full Framer client roster.
$199/ month
- 200 monitored assets
- 15 seats
- 5-min check cadence
- SSL + DNS + vendor monitoring
- Email + Slack alerts
Stop finding out from clients.
Add your first Framer client domain in under two minutes. The first SSL or DNS alert tells you whether monitoring was worth it — usually within the first week. 14-day trial, no card required.