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Custom domains

A custom domain for your waitlist page.

Serve your Launch page from an address you own, like join.yourproduct.com, with one DNS record and no server to run.

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Pied Piper's page, "A cloud only you can open.", open in a browser at join.piedpiper.com with a padlock in the address bar. Over it, the Custom domain card shows join.piedpiper.com marked Live with a Visit link, and a note that the piedpiper.launchlist.page address keeps working too.
Connect it in Embed & API, on the Hosted page tab. The card turns Live once your page answers on the domain over HTTPS.
How it works

You add one record. LaunchList does the rest.

Two steps are yours and one is ours. The card walks you through all three.

1. Type the address

Enter the address you want, like join.yourproduct.com, and press Connect.

2. Copy one record

The card lays the record out the way your DNS provider asks for it: type, name and value. Tap a field to copy it.

3. LaunchList secures it

Once the record resolves, LaunchList issues the SSL certificate and serves the page over HTTPS. There is nothing to buy, install or upload.

While you wait

It says whose move it is.

A slow DNS change and a wrong one look the same from outside. The card tells them apart and says what to change.

Custom domain

join.piedpiper.com

Not working
  1. Domain added
  2. DNS pointed at us
  3. Certificate issued

Add this one record at your DNS provider. Tap any field to copy it.

Type

Name

or join.piedpiper.com

Value

Your domain is not pointing at domains.getlaunchlist.com yet. Set the record to exactly this value, and if your DNS provider proxies traffic (the orange cloud in Cloudflare), switch it to DNS only.

Three steps, one flagged

Domain added, DNS pointed at us, certificate issued. The rail marks the step it is on, so you know whether to act or wait.

Names the wrong value

If your record points somewhere else, the card shows where it points now and where it needs to point.

Keeps checking after you leave

With the card open it re-checks every ten seconds. Close the tab and checking carries on in the background.

Check again when it is fixed

A record that never arrives is marked Not working and checking stops. Correct it at your DNS provider and press Try again.

The details

Your domain, not ours, in every link.

Once it is live, LaunchList switches everything it hands out.

Referral links

The link every signup shares points at your domain, so each share carries your name.

Status pages

Each signup's status page, with their place in line, opens on your domain too.

Links in your emails

Confirmation and unsubscribe links in the emails LaunchList sends for you use your domain instead of ours.

Share button and API

The Share button in your dashboard and the page address the API returns both switch to your domain.

Only your signups

Your domain serves your own project and nothing else. Status pages for other projects never answer on it.

Paused, never deleted

If your plan stops covering a domain, visitors go to your launchlist.page address while the record and certificate stay in place for later.

In the docs:Connect a custom domainYour hosted launch page
Connected

What moves to your domain.

The page itself, the status page each signup gets, the links they share and the emails they receive.

Questions

Before you touch your DNS.

Do I need to own a domain first?
Yes. Bring a domain you already own from any registrar, since LaunchList connects domains rather than selling them. Until you have one, share the address your page already has.
Which plans include a custom domain?
Custom domains come with the Collect, Launch and Grow plans, with the SSL certificate issued for you. On the Free plan, your page lives on a LaunchList address. For more domains, move up a plan.
How long does it take for my domain to go live?
As long as your DNS provider takes to publish the change: often a few minutes, sometimes a few hours. Nearly all of the wait is DNS; the certificate follows once the record resolves.
Can I use my root domain instead of a subdomain?
A subdomain like join.yourproduct.com is the smoothest path and works with every DNS provider. A root domain can work too, but many providers cannot put the required record on a bare domain, and the card warns you before you save when that applies.
What happens to links I already shared?
They keep working. Your launchlist.page address goes on serving the same page after the domain is live, so a link in an old post or email still lands.
Free for your first 100 contacts

Make every shared link say your name.

Add one DNS record, and your page, status pages and email links all move to your domain.

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