Custom domain
Add custom domain
Bring in your own domain or subdomain to create branded links that stand out from the rest!
How can I add a custom domain?
You need to have a valid subscription to add a custom domain!
Only team owners with valid subscription can add / update custom domains.
A custom domain, refers to the ability for users to use their own domain name to create and share short URLs
- To make your custom domain point to our service, you need to create a new
CNAMErecord pointing tocname-fyn.link. Add the followingCNAMErecord to your DNS records.mybrand.com CNAME cname-fyn.link - Click on
Domainslink from the left navigation menu
- You will be redirected to the domain list page, you can see existing custom domains there, if any. Click on the top right button
Add Domain.
- A new panel will be opened on the right side of the web application. Enter your desired domain or subdomain and click
Continue
- You will see details on adding
CNAMErecord. If you have not already added it as mentioned in the first step, now is the time to add it for a faster activation. Click onContinuebutton.
- Add an optional description, if required, in
Descriptionfield
- Select all the teams that this custom domain should be available. This can be done later also by editing a custom domain.
- Choose a default
404 pageif required. The user will be redirected to this page, if visiting a short URL that does not exist!
- Choose default
Root URLto be redirected. The person will be redirected to the page specified here if directly enteringmybrand.cominstead ofmybrand.com/some-short-code!
- Enable or disable Global privacy control (GPC) as per your requirement. If GPC is on and our system detects a GPC signal, analytics will not be recorded!
- Click on the
Createbutton and your new custom domain will be added!You will get notified via email when the new domain is activated!
Usually it gets activated within a few minutes, and you could see the status in the domain list page. But in some cases, it may take up to 24 hours for your new custom domain to get activated.
How can I add CNAME record in my domain provider?
Adding CNAME record varies with providers. Here are documentation to add CNAME in popular domain service providers.