diff --git a/cms/envs/aws.py b/cms/envs/aws.py
index dc46ada0ad..eed4aeb6e7 100644
--- a/cms/envs/aws.py
+++ b/cms/envs/aws.py
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ LOGGING = get_logger_config(LOG_DIR,
 PLATFORM_NAME = ENV_TOKENS.get('PLATFORM_NAME', 'edX')
 STUDIO_NAME = ENV_TOKENS.get('STUDIO_NAME', 'edX Studio')
 TENDER_DOMAIN = ENV_TOKENS.get('TENDER_DOMAIN', TENDER_DOMAIN)
+TENDER_SUBDOMAIN = ENV_TOKENS.get('TENDER_SUBDOMAIN', TENDER_SUBDOMAIN)
 
 # Event Tracking
 if "TRACKING_IGNORE_URL_PATTERNS" in ENV_TOKENS:
diff --git a/cms/envs/common.py b/cms/envs/common.py
index 646c8b9f07..104a355f37 100644
--- a/cms/envs/common.py
+++ b/cms/envs/common.py
@@ -577,8 +577,13 @@ REQUIRE_EXCLUDE = ("build.txt",)
 REQUIRE_ENVIRONMENT = "node"
 
 # If you want to enable Tender integration (http://tenderapp.com/),
-# put in the domain where Tender hosts tender_widget.js. For example,
-# TENDER_DOMAIN = "example.tenderapp.com"
+# put in the subdomain where Tender hosts tender_widget.js. For example,
+# if you want to use the URL https://example.tenderapp.com/tender_widget.js,
+# you should use "example".
+TENDER_SUBDOMAIN = None
+# If you want to have a vanity domain that points to Tender, put that here.
+# For example, "help.myapp.com". Otherwise, should should be your full
+# tenderapp domain name: for example, "example.tenderapp.com".
 TENDER_DOMAIN = None
 
 ################################# CELERY ######################################
diff --git a/cms/envs/test.py b/cms/envs/test.py
index d16355de26..a5e330953d 100644
--- a/cms/envs/test.py
+++ b/cms/envs/test.py
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ STATIC_URL = "/static/"
 PIPELINE_ENABLED = False
 
 TENDER_DOMAIN = "help.edge.edx.org"
+TENDER_SUBDOMAIN = "edxedge"
 
 # Update module store settings per defaults for tests
 update_module_store_settings(
diff --git a/cms/static/require-config.js b/cms/static/require-config.js
index dfd996072e..52ff9b7840 100644
--- a/cms/static/require-config.js
+++ b/cms/static/require-config.js
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ require.config({
 
         // externally hosted files
         "tender": [
-            // if TENDER_DOMAIN is defined, use that; otherwise, use a dummy value
+            // if TENDER_SUBDOMAIN is defined, use that; otherwise, use a dummy value
             // (the application JS will never `require(['tender'])` if it's not defined)
-            "//" + (typeof TENDER_DOMAIN === "string" ? TENDER_DOMAIN : "api.tenderapp.com") + "/tender_widget",
+            "//" + (typeof TENDER_SUBDOMAIN === "string" ? TENDER_SUBDOMAIN : "example") + ".tenderapp.com/tender_widget",
             // if tender fails to load, fallback on a local file
             // so that require doesn't fall over
             "js/src/tender_fallback"
diff --git a/cms/templates/base.html b/cms/templates/base.html
index a640c07dd9..607aa2024c 100644
--- a/cms/templates/base.html
+++ b/cms/templates/base.html
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ import json
 
     <script type="text/javascript">
       window.baseUrl = ${json.dumps(settings.STATIC_URL)};
-      window.TENDER_DOMAIN = ${json.dumps(settings.TENDER_DOMAIN)};
+      window.TENDER_SUBDOMAIN = ${json.dumps(settings.TENDER_SUBDOMAIN)};
       var require = {baseUrl: window.baseUrl};
     </script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="${static.url("js/vendor/require.js")}"></script>
diff --git a/cms/templates/widgets/tender.html b/cms/templates/widgets/tender.html
index 97fde3c5ab..bf8b9e20de 100644
--- a/cms/templates/widgets/tender.html
+++ b/cms/templates/widgets/tender.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-% if settings.TENDER_DOMAIN and user.is_authenticated():
+% if settings.TENDER_SUBDOMAIN and user.is_authenticated():
 <script type="text/javascript">
 window.Tender = {
   hideToggle: true,