Own the address
Custom Domain Link in Bio That Puts Your Link in Bio on Your Own Domain
Gated and paid links on every plan. No platform branding, ever.
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What your fans see
The short answer
A custom domain link in bio is a bio page that answers at an address you own, such as links.yourname.com, instead of at the tool's own URL. You connect it with one CNAME record at your registrar, the certificate issues itself, and from then on the link in your Instagram, TikTok and YouTube profile carries your name.
Not every tool sells this. Linktree's help center says it does not offer custom domains, and Stan Store's says you cannot connect one. Beacons, Komi, hoo.be and Pillar include a custom domain on a paid tier, and ExclusiveLink includes it on Pro together with a 0% platform fee and no platform branding on the page.
Why it matters
The URL is part of the pitch
Every bio, business card, QR code and email signature carries your link. The question is whose name it carries.
When a follower reads linktr.ee/yourname, the platform gets the first impression and you get the leftovers. When they read links.yourname.com, the whole exchange stays inside your brand. For anyone charging premium prices, that difference reads as legitimacy before a single word of copy loads.
Ownership is also insurance. A platform URL belongs to the platform: if you ever switch tools, every printed QR code, every old description and every press mention keeps pointing at an address you do not control. Your own domain moves with you. The links you have spread across the internet for years never break.
And there is the plain trust math: people hesitate before tapping unfamiliar shortener-style URLs. A domain that matches the name they already follow removes the pause.
The setup
One CNAME record, and the rest is automatic
Connecting a domain sounds technical. It is three steps, and two of them are copying and pasting.
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Pick the address
Use a domain you own, or register one for around $12 a year. Most creators choose a subdomain such as links.yourname.com so the main site stays untouched.
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Add one CNAME record
In your registrar's DNS panel, point the subdomain at ExclusiveLink with a single CNAME record. We show the exact value to paste; there is nothing else to configure.
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SSL issues itself
The certificate is provisioned and renewed automatically. Most domains verify within minutes, and your page answers at the new address with the padlock in place.
The custom domain ships with the Pro plan at $99 a month ($49 a month billed yearly), alongside 0% platform fees and full analytics; details on the link in bio pricing page. Want to see the page you would be putting there? Build one in the link in bio maker first. If you are still comparing tools, we checked which platforms support this at all in link in bio custom domain support compared, and two of the biggest names do not.
Brand, complete
No badge, no footer credit, no exceptions
A custom domain only finishes the job if the page behind it is clean too.
Yours end to end
No ExclusiveLink badge or upsell banner on any plan. From the URL to the unlock receipt, your audience sees one brand: yours.
Sales on your address
Gated and paid links work identically on your domain, and checkout trust rises when the address matches the brand being paid.
Analytics follow the domain
Every click on the new address flows into the same per-link, per-source, per-country reporting. Nothing forks, nothing is lost in the move.
Linktree alternative with custom domain
Which link in bio tools let you use your own domain
Checked against each vendor's own pricing page or help center. Two of the best known tools do not offer it on any plan.
| Tool | Custom domain | Lowest plan that includes it | Seller fee on that plan |
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| Linktree | Not offered | None, at any price | Not applicable |
| Stan Store | Not offered | None, redirect only | Not applicable |
| Beacons | Yes | Creator, $10 a month | 9% |
| Komi | Yes | Pro, $20 a month | 0% on digital products |
| hoo.be | Yes | Premium, $29.99 a month | 0% |
| Pillar | Yes | Entrepreneur, $129 a month | 0% |
| ExclusiveLink | Yes | Pro, see pricing | 0% |
Prices are monthly billing rates from each vendor's site. Read it straight: Beacons is the cheapest way to get a domain on a bio page, and if a domain is all you need, it is a fair choice. The 9% it keeps on sales at that tier is what changes the math once you sell. Card processing applies on every tool.
What moving the address involves
Take a two-person design studio as an example. The platform link sits in the Instagram bio, on printed portfolio cards and in a QR code at every market stall. Moving to links.thestudio.com is one evening of work, most of it spent finding the registrar password. From then on the printed QR codes point at the domain, so a later change of tool does not mean a reprint.
Coming from Linktree specifically? The steps, including importing your existing links, are in Linktree custom domain and how to switch to your own. Stan Store users have their own version in the Stan Store custom domain post.
The move, itemized
| Domain registration | About $12 a year |
| DNS work | 1 CNAME, 10 min |
| SSL certificate | Automatic |
| Old exclusive.link address | Keeps forwarding |
| QR codes to reprint next time you switch tools | 0 |
Small print, answered
The three hesitations about domains
I do not own a domain yet. Any registrar sells one in five minutes for about $12 a year, and you can start on exclusive.link/yourname today and connect the domain later.
DNS intimidates me. It is one record, we show the exact text to paste, and nothing you do here can affect your existing website or email.
What happens to my old link? Your exclusive.link address keeps working and forwards to the domain, so nothing you have posted anywhere goes dead.
People also ask
Custom domain link in bio questions
Does Linktree allow custom domain?
No. Linktree's help center states that it does not offer the option to use a custom domain to replace the linktr.ee URL, and that it does not provide tools for domain forwarding. That applies to every plan, including Premium. To run a bio page on your own domain you need a different tool.
What is the best Linktree alternative with custom domain?
It depends on whether you sell. For a domain at the lowest price, Beacons Creator at $10 a month includes one but keeps 9% of sales. For selling with a 0% platform fee on your own domain, the options are Komi Pro, hoo.be Premium and ExclusiveLink Pro, which adds paid and email-locked links and click data by source.
Can I get a link in bio custom domain free?
Not really. The domain itself costs about $12 a year at any registrar, and the tools that connect one do so on a paid plan. Every tool in the table above connects one only on a paid plan, and the cheapest of those is a $10 a month tier.
Should I use a subdomain or my main domain for a link in bio?
Use a subdomain such as links.yourname.com if you already have a website on the main domain, because a CNAME on a subdomain leaves your site and email untouched. Use the main domain only if the bio page is your whole web presence.
Does a custom domain work with paid and locked links?
Yes. Paid links and email-locked links behave the same on your domain as on an exclusive.link address, and the buyer sees your domain through checkout. The setup for selling access is on the link in bio for exclusive content page.
Your name on the door
Stop renting your address. The domain is yours; the page should be too.
Claim your page now and connect links.yourname.com the same evening.