How to use your own domain for your link in bio

Why bother

• Portability: if you ever change tools, the address in every bio, video description and business card stays the same.
• Credibility: a short personal address looks more deliberate than a platform subdomain.
• Search: the ranking your page earns accrues to your domain, not to someone else's.

How it works

Your domain's DNS records say where it points. You add one record that points your domain at XBio, XBio recognises the request as yours, and serves your profile. A certificate for HTTPS is created for you automatically.

Setting it up with XBio

1. Buy a domain from any registrar, or use one you already own. A subdomain such as links.yourname.com works too.
2. In the XBio editor open Settings, then Custom Domain (Pro), and enter the domain.
3. In your DNS provider, add a CNAME record whose value is cname.vercel-dns.com. If your provider does not allow a CNAME on a root domain, use its ALIAS or ANAME record type.
4. Wait for verification. Usually a few minutes; DNS can take up to 48 hours.

Root domain or subdomain?

A subdomain (links.yourname.com) is the simplest, because every provider supports a CNAME there. A root domain (yourname.com) looks cleaner but needs a provider that supports ALIAS or ANAME flattening. If yours does not, use the subdomain.

Which address search engines use

Your profile is reachable at both xbio.gg/username and your own domain. XBio marks your domain as the canonical address, which tells search engines to treat it as the original and consolidate ranking there.