diff --git a/addons/website/data/website_data.xml b/addons/website/data/website_data.xml
index e0561b4377d..56097594be7 100644
--- a/addons/website/data/website_data.xml
+++ b/addons/website/data/website_data.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <data noupdate="1">
         <record id="default_website" model="website">
             <field name="name">My Website</field>
-            <field name="domain">localhost</field>
+            <field name="domain"></field>
             <field name="company_id" ref="base.main_company"/>
             <field name="user_id" ref="base.public_user"/>
             <field name="favicon" type="base64" file="web/static/src/img/favicon.ico"/>
diff --git a/addons/website/data/website_demo.xml b/addons/website/data/website_demo.xml
index 57a4b8aad7c..210182dd788 100644
--- a/addons/website/data/website_demo.xml
+++ b/addons/website/data/website_demo.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <data noupdate="1">
         <record id="website2" model="website">
             <field name="name">My Website 2</field>
-            <field name="domain">0.0.0.0</field>
+            <field name="domain"></field>
         </record>
 
         <record id="menu_contactus2" model="website.menu">
diff --git a/addons/website/views/res_config_settings_views.xml b/addons/website/views/res_config_settings_views.xml
index f6d70db07d9..19480877dcc 100644
--- a/addons/website/views/res_config_settings_views.xml
+++ b/addons/website/views/res_config_settings_views.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
                                         Display this website when users visit this domain
                                     </div>
                                     <div class="mt8">
-                                        <field name="website_domain"/>
+                                        <field name="website_domain" placeholder="www.odoo.com"/>
                                     </div>
                                     <div class="mt8 text-muted" title="You can have 2 websites with same domain AND a condition on country group to select wich website use.">
                                         Once the selection of available websites by domain is done, you can filter by country group.