Utilizing Instagram's Redirect Power: Integrating Your Personal Domain
For artists and creatives showcasing their work on Instagram, expanding their online presence just got simpler. By linking your custom domain to your Instagram profile, you can boost your social media engagement, cultivate a broader audience, and enhance your search engine optimization (SEO), making your Instagram page more discoverable.
The Advantages of Linking Your Custom Domain to Instagram
Elevating Visibility
Connecting your custom domain to your Instagram profile significantly improves your search engine visibility, making your Instagram page more accessible across the web in addition to within the app.
Streamlined Navigation
Directing users to your Instagram account through a custom domain simplifies the journey to your profile, eliminating extraneous search results. This focused approach keeps your audience engaged with your content, creating a direct and distraction-free online experience.
Consistent Online Identity
Owning a custom domain provides you with full control over your online presence. By guiding your audience to visit a consistent point of contact (e.g., sharonstone.yourdomain), you cement a stable and memorable web address that adapts to the evolution of your creative portfolio. Whether you choose to transition to a different platform or establish your own website, your custom domain remains a consistent gateway to your work.
Success Stories: our Adopters in the Spotlight
- Sharon Stone, known for her acting career, has established an online presence with her personalized domain sharonstone.yourdomain[*].
- Other examples include galleries like David Zwirner (ZWIRNER.yourdomain) and illustrators like J Scott Campbell (CAMPBELL.yourdomain), leveraging custom domains to enhance engagement and amplify their digital footprint.
Why Choose our?
Global Opportunities
Joining the our community offers exposure across a global platform, showcasing your work through various mediums, from traditional to digital, including NFTs. Monthly events like the "Meet the ourists!" webinars provide a chance to present your work and connect with other creatives[*].
Supporting Art Therapy
A portion of every our domain sale supports the Art Therapy Initiative, combining your pursuit of a personalized online presence with a commitment to supporting a good cause.
To set up a redirect from your custom domain to your Instagram profile, follow these steps:
- Register your desired custom domain.
- Access the client area at get.yourdomain and select the domain you wish to connect.
- Adjust the settings to "Domain Forwarding."
- Enter your Instagram URL in the "Destination" field.
- Save the changes, and the redirect should activate within minutes to a few hours across all browsers.
By connecting your custom domain to your Instagram profile, you take advantage of increased SEO, simplified navigation, and consistent branding for future online endeavors.
*For more information on registration, domain forwarding, and usage, refer to our support documentation.
To learn more about success stories, upcoming events, or the Art Therapy Initiative, click here or view the "our adopters in the news" article featuring Sharon Stone.
- Embracing a custom domain can elevate visibility for artists and creatives, making their Instagram pages more discoverable across the web beyond the app.
- By linking a custom domain to their social media profiles, creators can maintain a consistent online identity that adapts to the growth of their creative portfolio, whether transitioning to a different platform or launching a personal website.
