Publishing and sharing your funnel
Preview is only for you. Hit Publish when you want real visitors on the live funnel, then share that live address — not the preview link.
Your funnel has two copies: preview (what you see in the editor) and live (what visitors see). Editing never updates live on its own.
The full preview-vs-live rules are in Preview vs live: how publishing works. This article is the ClickFunnels AI version of the last mile.
Publish
In the top right of the editor, hit Publish. Confirm the summary, then publish. A few seconds later, the live funnel matches the version you just released.
The editor cannot publish for you. If chat says a change is done
or connected,
that is preview only — see The AI says connected, but my live app has not changed.
Share the live address
After publish, share the live funnel URL — the one without preview- in it. Anyone with that link sees the published version.
Do not send testers the preview link unless you mean them to see unfinished edits.
Your own domain
When you are ready for a custom domain (yourbrand.com instead of the default live address), connect it from the funnel's domain settings. Step-by-step DNS is in Connecting your own domain. Limits: How many custom domains can I add?.
After you publish
You can keep editing. New edits stay in preview until you publish again. If a release goes badly, restore an earlier version and publish that.
Checkout only works on the live funnel for real payments. Test cards belong in preview.