diff --git a/lib/alias.js b/lib/alias.js
index 1bc9094..6c05a8c 100644
--- a/lib/alias.js
+++ b/lib/alias.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // Packages
+import PublicSuffixList from 'publicsuffixlist'
 import chalk from 'chalk'
 
 // Ours
@@ -9,6 +10,9 @@ import {DOMAIN_VERIFICATION_ERROR} from './errors'
 import Now from './'
 
 const domainRegex = /^((?=[a-z0-9-]{1,63}\.)(xn--)?[a-z0-9]+(-[a-z0-9]+)*\.)+[a-z]{2,63}$/
+const psl = new PublicSuffixList()
+
+psl.initializeSync()
 
 export default class Alias extends Now {
 
@@ -121,16 +125,18 @@ export default class Alias extends Now {
       console.log(`> ${chalk.bold(chalk.underline(alias))} is a custom domain.`)
       console.log(`> Verifying the DNS settings for ${chalk.bold(chalk.underline(alias))} (see ${chalk.underline('https://zeit.world')} for help)`)
 
-      const {domain, nameservers} = await this.getNameservers(alias)
+      const _domain = psl.domain(alias)
+      const _domainInfo = await this.getDomain(_domain)
+      const domainInfo = _domainInfo && !_domainInfo.error ? _domainInfo : undefined
+      const {domain, nameservers} = domainInfo ? {domain: _domain} : await this.getNameservers(alias)
+      const usingZeitWorld = domainInfo ? !domainInfo.isExternal : isZeitWorld(nameservers)
       let skipDNSVerification = false
 
       if (this._debug) {
         console.log(`> [debug] Found domain ${domain} and nameservers ${nameservers}`)
       }
 
-      if (!isZeitWorld(nameservers)) {
-        const domainInfo = await this.getDomain(domain)
-
+      if (!usingZeitWorld && domainInfo) {
         if (domainInfo.verified) {
           skipDNSVerification = true
         } else if (domainInfo.uid) {
@@ -150,7 +156,7 @@ export default class Alias extends Now {
           // in which case we attempt to correct the dns
           // configuration (if we can!)
           try {
-            if (isZeitWorld(nameservers)) {
+            if (usingZeitWorld) {
               console.log(`> Detected ${chalk.bold(chalk.underline('zeit.world'))} nameservers! Configuring records.`)
               const record = alias.substr(0, alias.length - domain.length)
 
@@ -196,12 +202,19 @@ export default class Alias extends Now {
         }
       }
 
-      if (!isZeitWorld(nameservers) && !skipDNSVerification) {
+      if (!usingZeitWorld && !skipDNSVerification) {
         if (this._debug) {
           console.log(`> [debug] Trying to register a non-ZeitWorld domain ${domain} for the current user`)
         }
 
-        await this.setupDomain(domain, {isExternal: true})
+        const {uid, verified, verifyToken, created} = await this.setupDomain(domain, {isExternal: true})
+        if (created && verified) {
+          console.log(`${chalk.cyan('> Success!')} Domain ${chalk.bold(chalk.underline(domain))} ${chalk.dim(`(${uid})`)} added`)
+        } else if (verifyToken) {
+          const e = new Error(`> Verification required: Please add the following TXT record on the external DNS server: _now.${domain}: ${verifyToken}`)
+          e.userError = true
+          throw e
+        }
       }
 
       console.log(`> Verification ${chalk.bold('OK')}!`)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4ece70f..155a89d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
     "node-fetch": "1.6.3",
     "node-version": "1.0.0",
     "progress": "1.1.8",
+    "publicsuffixlist": "0.2.71",
     "resumer": "0.0.0",
     "semver-compare": "1.0.0",
     "socket.io-client": "1.7.1",