A custom domain lets your event links read from your own domain (for example events.yourbrand.com) instead of addcal.co. You add the domain in AddCal, point it at us with one DNS record, and we provision HTTPS for you. Custom domains are a Business plan feature.

The domain is added with a status of Pending and AddCal shows the DNS record you need to create.

To verify ownership and route traffic, add one CNAME record to your domain's DNS settings using the values AddCal shows:

Once the CNAME is in place, AddCal provisions an SSL certificate automatically, so there are no certificates for you to manage. DNS changes can take up to 24 hours to propagate.

To check progress, click Check Status on the domain. The status moves from Pending DNS to Provisioning SSL and then to Active once the record is found and the certificate is issued. AddCal also checks automatically for the first couple of days; after that, use Check Status to re-check manually. When the domain is Active, all new events use your domain.

By default, anyone who visits the root of your custom domain (for example events.yourdomain.com with no event path) sees a 404 message. You can send them somewhere useful instead.

A favicon is the small icon shown in browser tabs. Setting one applies it to all event pages on your custom domain.

To swap it later, use Change. To go back to the default, use Remove.

Click Remove on the domain and confirm. AddCal stops serving events from that domain and removes its certificate. After removing a domain, you can delete the CNAME record from your DNS provider.