This article will help you add CNAME records on your domain for your landing pages when using Google Domains as your domain provider. Sign in to your Google Domains account. Select “My Domains” from the left menu. Find the domain you want to update in the list and click the “DNS” option Scroll down to […]
Category: URL/Domain Management
Learn how to use your own domain URLs using KickoffLabs and run viral contest campaigns designed to launch businesses, grow existing audiences, and increase the reach of your marketing from day one and beyond.
Help Connecting Your Custom Domain to KickoffLabs
Below you’ll find a compilation of our support guides for setting up your domain with your custom domain provider for use with your KickoffLabs campaign. We do our best to keep our guides updated with any changes to the provider interface, but just in case our guide steps are out of date we’ve also included […]
Using KickoffLabs on a Domain Already in Use
Today it’s not possible to point your domain in multiple places at once, but that doesn’t mean you have to use a KickoffLabs generated domain for your campaign. If you already have an existing site at your domain that you’d like to keep active while you run your KickoffLabs campaign, you have a few different […]
Why isn’t my custom domain working?
If you’re having trouble with your custom domain not working, read on to troubleshoot. Below you will find the most common causes of issues with a custom domain. You’ve added the domain to your KickoffLabs account, but have not yet updated your DNS Settings to point your domain to our service. To check and make sure […]
Publishing Your Page to a Custom Domain
Publishing your pages to your custom domain is as easy as following the instructions below. This guide assumes you’ve already made the required update to your DNS Settings to point your domain to our service. If you have not, learn how to set up your domain for use with KickoffLabs. Add your custom domain to […]
Why doesn’t my custom domain work without the www?
If you’re using your root domain for your landing pages, there is an extra step you must take when you set up your domain. In addition to adding the CNAME entry for the subdomain ‘www’, you must also add a 301 redirect which forwards your naked domain (no www) to your domain with the www. […]
Managing Your Publishing Options
The very first time you publish your page to the Internet you will do so directly from within the page editor. Click the Edit Page button, and then in the top right corner of the editor select “Publish”. We will automatically publish your page to a KickoffLabs URL. If you’d like to keep this URL, […]
SSL Encryption (HTTPS) on Custom Domains
SSL Encryption is now available on all custom domains. To enable it on your domain just add domain in the KickoffLabs dashboard, set the CNAME to cname.kolssl.com and we will do the rest. If you had previously set up a domain on KickoffLabs and would like to take advantage of SSL, please contact support@kickofflabs.com. […]
Ending Your Contest/Campaign when you used a Custom Domain
When you’ve used a custom domain with your KickoffLabs campaign, there are 2 main ways to end your campaign. Which you choose depends on where you want to send your traffic. With a Custom Domain Redirect, you can specify the URL where we should send any visitors to your previously published (now unpublished) pages under your […]
Ending Your Contest when you used the KickoffLabs Domain
If you ran your campaign on a KickoffLabs domain, we provide a built in way for you to redirect your traffic elsewhere whenever your campaign has ended. When you end a campaign, there are 2 main places people typically send their traffic: To their website To their thank you page so they can check on […]