Custom Domains

Custom Domains


Finding Your Custom Domains

You do not need to rely on the internal short URLs, though they are there for your convenience. You can connect custom web domains you own to your biolink pages. To access custom domains, navigate to “Custom domains” on the left menu of your Dashboard. You may need to scroll down to find the link.

Hook2.us dashboard menu. An arrow points to the custom domains link, which is the eleventh link.

Custom Domains Information

You will see the following page:

Hook2.us custom domains page. Details are explained below the image.

  1. Connect domain: Click this to connect a new custom domain. 
  2. Export: Download metadata related to your custom domains. File options are CSV, JSON, and PDF.
  3. Filters: Search or sort the list of domains. You can also set the results per page from here.
  4. Bulk Actions: You can click here to select and delete multiple domains at once.
  5. Domain: This is the domain you connected to our system.
  6. Status: This shows the status of the domain on Hook2.us. Possibilities are “pending” if not yet enabled or “active” if enabled.
  7. Links: Loads a page to view links connected with this domain.
  8. Created on: The date you created the domain on Hook2.us. 
  9. Updated on: The most recent date you updated the domain on Hook2.us.
  10. Submenu: Open the submenu:
Hook2.us custom domains submenu accessed by clicking the icon at the end of a custom domain on the custom domains page. Details are explained below the image.

  1. Edit: Edit the details of this domain.
  2. Delete: Permanently removes this domain from your account. Make sure you’re certain before clicking this, as it cannot be undone.

Create or Edit a Custom Domain

To edit a custom domain, click on the domain name. To connect a new custom domain, click “Connect domain” in the top-right corner.


You will see the following form:

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Hook2.us connect new custom domain window. Details are explained below the image.

  1. Domain or subdomain: Enter your domain or subdomain here. Note that you need either an A record pointing to 52.38.134.39 or a CNAME record pointing to hook2.us.
  2. Custom index URL: Enter the internal short URL the domain should load by default. For example: https:/hook2.us/MyBiolinksPage.
  3. (optional) Custom 404 not found URL: Enter a URL for a page that visitors should see if the requested page cannot be found.
  4. Click “Create” or “Update.” (which word appears will depend on if you’re creating a new domain or editing an existing one).


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