What Is a Vanity URL and how does it white label emails and URLS to the Microsite?
A vanity URL—also known as a white label URL—is a custom web address that allows your business to rebrand the URLs and emails delivered to your guests. Instead of using a generic domain, you can personalize the experience with a URL and email address that matches your brand or your client’s brand.
For example, if Coca-Cola were your client, instead of sending photo links from a generic platform URL, you could deliver them via pic.coke.com, and emails could come from noreply@coke.com. This creates a seamless branded experience for the end user.
How It Works
To set up a vanity URL, a small technical step is required: a CNAME record must be added to the DNS settings of the desired domain. Once configured, all URLs and email communications for your events can reflect your custom branding.
Why Use a Vanity URL?
Brand Recognition: Reinforce your name or your client's brand every time a guest receives a link or an email.
Professionalism: A branded domain looks polished and trustworthy.
Upsell Opportunity: Offer white label branding as a premium service to your clients.
Pricing
Vanity URL support is available in two pricing options:
$59/month
$459/year (Save over 35% with annual billing)
This single URL can be used across all of your events, making it a cost-effective and powerful branding tool.
How to purchase and add a Vanity URL to my account:
Purchase a vanity URL by going to your account TOOLS page and selecting "Purchase Vanity URL" The cost for each URL is $459 per year, per URL or $59/month, per URL. See image below:
You can purchase and use several URLs within your account. By default Curator will send all photos from the my.curatorlive.com or share.curatorlive.com URL.
How to setup your new URL:
Decide what you want to use as your URL sub-domain Ex. pics.mybusinessname.com.
From the TOOLS page from within your account, click on the pencil icon next to the Domain you want to configure.
Enter the sub-domain you chose in the first field of the form
Login to your domain hosting company that hosts your URL
Locate & Manage your site's DNS records. DO NOT DELETE OR CHANGE ANY RECORDS. ONLY ADD
Add an “CNAME” record for the URL you want to use and direct it to this site vanity.curatorlive.com You will also need to add the URL name you chose under Name or Host.... this is handled by each company differently so we suggest you research or call your hosting company directly.
Here are links on how to add a CNAME record for godaddy:
Now you wait- It can take up to 48 hours but usually only takes a few minutes. Depends on the hosting company.
To check whether your domain is up and running enter your new domain in the address bar. When you see the screen below then your setup was successful.
