How do you check which URL structure a Shopify market uses?

Where does Shopify show the domain of each market?

For all markets at once, go to Markets in your Shopify admin and click Graph view:

To change one market's structure, click it on the Markets page, then the + icon next to Domain / language, where you choose its domain strategy. Shopify's help also documents a second entry point: Market settings → Languages and domains → Manage domains.

To cross-check, open Settings > Domains and click a domain: if a market uses it as its own domain or subdomain, its Type reads Market domain for followed by the market's name.

How do you tell the three URL structures apart?

None of the Markets and Domains help pages we read on September 25, 2026 shows a per-market structure label; you read it from the domain the market shows:

• Subfolder: a path on your primary domain, such as yourstore.com/fr/.
• Subdomain: such as fr.yourstore.com.
• Separate domain (Top-level domains in Shopify's table): a different top-level domain, such as yourstore.fr, connected in Settings > Domains.

On secondary markets, a subfolder must combine the language code with a country code, such as /fr-ca or /en-eu; /fr alone works only on the primary market.

A submarket inherits domain and language settings from its parent market by default; a customization on the submarket overrides them. Our Markets guide covers which structure to choose.

Why does the structure matter before you change a market?

Deactivating a market treats structures differently: URLs on its own top-level domain or subdomain automatically redirect to your primary market's domain, but subfolder URLs stop working, so set up redirects.

One of your markets always uses your primary domain and can't move to a subfolder or another domain, so changing the primary domain changes that market's URL. A market with subfolders configured can't be made your primary market: update its domain settings first.