When you create a Bloom account, you're provided a unique Bloom URL (eg. smithphoto.bloom.io). This URL is used for your Bloom website and client portal and is the first part of your invoice and form URLs. If you have purchased a domain, you can use it instead for your Bloom website, and it will replace the ".bloom.io" Bloom URL.
Not everybody needs to set up a custom domain. You should set a custom domain if:
You own a domain name and want to use a Bloom website together with your custom domain name.
You want to remove Bloom from the URLs in your invoices, forms, and client portal.
If you already have an external website that you wish to use, you can, and setting a custom domain is not a required step.
Note, you cannot have two A-records pointing to two different IP addresses with one domain name. If you have an existing website you'd like to use, you won't be able to use the same exact domain name with Bloom unless you create a sub-domain.
To set up your custom domain:
First, enter your custom domain in your Portal / Settings / Branding / Custom Domain section. Be sure to include the entire domain name (eg. www.johnsmithphoto.com)
Create a custom A record for your domain without the www part. (eg. johnsmithphoto.com)
Go to your DNS provider’s website
Find the area of your domain DNS settings where you edit/create your A Records
Create an 'A Record' in your provider's DNS manager pointing to '52.33.103.53'If you don't already have this, create a CNAME record for the WWW host and value set to your domain without www. This will allow the browsers to know that both domains are the same. (eg. johnsmithphoto.com is the same as www.johnsmithphoto.com)
Important: DNS changes can sometimes take up to 72 hours to take effect but are typically much faster.
In summary:
So A record will point yourdomain.com > 52.33.103.53
C name will point www > yourdomain.com
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