Point your custom domain to your Castos Podcast Website
| Contents: | Set a custom domain |
For our Growth and higher tier plans, Castos allows you to use your own custom domain for your Castos-generated podcast website. This means, instead of your listeners visiting https://your-podcast.castos.com, they can visit https://yourawesomepodcast.com.
Castos does not provide domain name registration, you must use a third-party domain registrar to register your desired domain name.
Set a Custom Domain
- Go to Settings for the podcast you wish to add the custom domain
- Go to Website —> Advanced Options
- Find Custom Domain Settings and enter your domain name.
You can use either the www version of the domain, or the naked domain. (ie: www.seriouslywhatdayisit.com or seriouslywhatdayisit.com)
Enter domain name and click Add
- Click Add
Follow the DNS update instructions provided within your own Castos dashboard to point your domain to Castos. This must be done at your domain's registrar, or wherever your domain's DNS is being managed (such as Cloudflare if you're managing DNS through Cloudflare). Below is an example screenshot for a domain registered and managed at Namecheap. Your instructions may be different, so again, follow the instructions provided in your dashboard.
Example DNS update instructions, yours may vary. After you've made the DNS changes, it can take up to 24 hours for your changes to propagate. Castos will try to verify the changes automatically, but if, after 24 hours you still see the Verify button and you're sure you made the appropriate changes, click Verify. The domain should verify, but if it doesn't, re-check your DNS settings for accuracy.
Once verified, you're all set!
Note: If you choose to use the naked domain (a domain name without the preceding www), we will redirect the www version of the domain to the naked domain. Likewise, if you choose to use the www version of your domain, we'll redirect the naked domain to the www version.