Bio Link enables you to gather all your important links in one place, making it effortless for your followers, visitors, and customers to access everything they need. Simply add your unique Bio Link URL (bio.link/yourname or yourname.bio.link) to your social media bio, email signatures, business cards, and anywhere else you interact with your audience. You can even use it as a QR code to seamlessly connect your online and offline communities.
However, if you prefer to use your own domain, like yourname.com, we've got you covered too! Our article will guide you through the process of connecting your purchased domain from providers like GoDaddy or Google to your Bio Link page.
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Please note that connecting a custom domain to Bio Link is a paid feature. If you haven't upgraded your account to the Pro plan yet, you can refer to our article How to upgrade to a Pro plan for instructions on upgrading your account.
Connecting your Domain
Note: This example is set for the subdomain www.example.com. If you want to proxy the root domain (example.com), please refer to the steps at the end of this article.
Follow the step-by-step guide for connecting your custom domain to your Bio Link page:
Log in to your Bio Link account and navigate to the settings page.
Scroll down to the Pro-Link section and click on the "Set up Domain" button within the custom domain section.
In the modal that appears, enter the domain name you want to use for hosting your Bio Link page and click on the "Connect" button.
DNS Configuration
After you connect your custom domain to your Bio Link page, the next step is to add a CNAME record in your domain provider's settings. If you have already made the necessary changes to your DNS settings, please manually refresh them.
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GoDaddy
Log in to your GoDaddy account and select the domain from the domain list.
Scroll down to the Additional Settings panel and click the Manage DNS link in the right-hand column.
In the records table, add a CNAME record by entering 'www' in the Name field and 'cd.bio.link' in the Value field.
When you're done, return to Bio Link and click Add and Publish.
Cloudflare
Log in to your Cloudflare account and select the domain from the list of domains.
Go to the DNS tab and locate the records section.
In the records table, add a CNAME record by entering 'www' in the Name field and 'cd.bio.link' in the Target field.
Note: The proxy should be off during verification
Once you've added the necessary records, go back to your Bio Link account and click on the "Add and Publish" button.
We are almost DONE!
Your domain will now be under review, which takes up to 48 hours to finish (though it's usually done much faster than that). After that you will be able to access the site using the custom domain you just set up.
Pointing your root domain
Cloudflare
Cloudflare supports CNAME records for your root domain, so the above steps can be used to point your root domain to your biolink page.
GoDaddy
Since GoDaddy doesn't support CNAME records for your root domain, you can map a subdomain (like www.example.com) and then add DNS forwarding for the root domain. Please follow the above steps to complete the configuration of your subdomain, and follow the steps below to add domain forwarding for your root domain.
Note: Make sure that you add www.example.com to your Biolink custom domain dashboard and not the root domain if you're using GoDaddy.
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