Thanks Cassandra. This is the clearest account of how to do this I could find. It still scares me (I hate mucking about with this kind of thing but apparently you can do some automation on substack using google workspace and to do that you need a custom domain. So I guess I'm heading down the rabbit hole 🥴
Thanks so much for this. This is making me more seriously consider pulling the trigger on migrating to my own domain. My subdomain is just my name, but I own both that domain and the domain of my publication’s name. But what happens to existing links between posts? Do they all break?
They will redirect to the new domain automatically. If someone puts the old post URL in, it still still load with the new URL. (I'll add this to the post!)
Except this still forces your subscribers to type www.yoursitename.com. If they type yoursitename.com, it will time out.
Hey Jon, did you click enable root domain redirects for your custom domain when you added it?
Yep, just found it, thanks!
Thanks Cassandra. This is the clearest account of how to do this I could find. It still scares me (I hate mucking about with this kind of thing but apparently you can do some automation on substack using google workspace and to do that you need a custom domain. So I guess I'm heading down the rabbit hole 🥴
I definitely know that feeling! But you only have to do it once and it does unlock a lot of potential :)
New to all of this. Wouldn't I also need a website then?
You have one but right now it uses a Substack domain :) https://mithimirch.substack.com/
I mean a separate website where the custom domain link leads everyone to. Or does it still lead back to Substack.
I'm this case I'm talking about using your own domain with your Substack website.
Got it, thank you!
Thanks so much for this. This is making me more seriously consider pulling the trigger on migrating to my own domain. My subdomain is just my name, but I own both that domain and the domain of my publication’s name. But what happens to existing links between posts? Do they all break?
They will redirect to the new domain automatically. If someone puts the old post URL in, it still still load with the new URL. (I'll add this to the post!)