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How to use a custom domain for your booking page

Set up your custom domain on Book Like A Boss with this walkthrough on adding a CNAME record.

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Written by Justin
Updated over a week ago

Hey Boss 👋

Here's how to set up and use a custom domain for your booking page. First, you'll need to update your CNAME records for your domain wherever you have it hosted, and then come back to Book Like A Boss to set up and use the custom domain.

1. Log into your domain host

Your domain host is typically where you purchased your domain name (like GoDaddy, Enom, or Name.com).

  1. Find your domain host if you don’t know who it is.

  2. Log into your domain host's website (I.e. GoDaddy, Porkbun, etc.)
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2. Add the CNAME record to your domain’s DNS records

You’ll add the CNAME record to your domain’s DNS records that are stored with your domain host.

To add the record yourself, follow the steps below. See your domain host’s help section for more specific instructions.

Important: Nearly every domain host will have great support and can help you to completely these steps if you get stuck.

  1. Go to your domain’s DNS records.

  2. Choose to add a record to your DNS settings, and select CNAME as the record type.

  3. Once you have selected the record type, add a record for the domain you entered in the admin area of your Book Like A Boss Custom Domain setting on this page: https://bookme.name/account/0/settings/custom-domain
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    In the screenshot shown below, the domain name is: bookme.example.com
    Whatever domain you entered in this field, is the same domain you will be adding a CNAME record for.

  4. Follow the next steps

  5. Your record should look similar to the following:


    ​Verification CNAME Record
    Record type: CNAME
    Label/Host field: bookme.example.com (this should be the domain you entered in the admin area of your Book Like A Boss Custom Domain setting)
    Time To Live (TTL): 3600 (or leave the default)
    Destination/Target field: domains.bookme.name

  6. Save your record. CNAME record changes can take up to 24 hours to go into effect, but typically they happen much sooner.

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