What You Actually Get With Your Own Domain
A plain answer to what a custom domain means, whether custom domain email is worth it, and what changes when your blog, newsletter and analytics share one address.
Custom domain (for a blog)
A custom domain means your blog lives at a web address you own, like yourname.com, instead of a subdomain your platform assigns you, like yourname.floggy.xyz. You point your domain's DNS at your blog host, and from then on visitors, search engines and any email tied to that domain see your address, not the platform's.
Free vs. Paid: Domain and Newsletter Options
| Feature | Floggy FreeRecommended | Floggy Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Where your blog lives | A Floggy subdomain (yourname.floggy.xyz) | Your own domain (yourname.com) |
| Newsletter | Not available | Send newsletter issues from your domain |
| Analytics | Not available | Included |
| Editor and headless CMS | Real editor for your subdomain blog | Adds headless CMS access |
| Custom collections and API/SDK/CLI | Not available | Available |
Newsletter and Analytics, Same Place as Your Posts
Own the space
Add a custom domain, customize themes, set up a calendar, and receive bookings. Want a custom experience? Use it as a CMS.
Reach inboxes
Subscribers and broadcasts, built in.
See what lands
Built-in analytics, nothing to set up.
Setting Up Your Own Domain
Get a domain
Register a domain with any registrar, whichever one you already use, if you don't already have one. Floggy doesn't sell domains itself, it connects to a domain you already own, so this step happens outside Floggy entirely. If you have a dom
Point your DNS
Floggy gives you the DNS records to add, typically a couple of entries, and you paste them into your registrar's DNS settings page. This is the step that tells the internet your domain now points at your Floggy blog instead of wherever it p
Connect it in Floggy
Add the domain in your Floggy account settings, and Floggy checks for the DNS records you just added. Once it verifies, your blog switches over: it starts serving from your own domain instead of the Floggy subdomain, and any links you'd alr
Send your first newsletter
With the domain connected, write and send a newsletter issue from the same editor you write posts in, no separate email tool to sign into. The issue goes out from an address on your domain, and you check who opened it and what they clicked
Custom Domain and Newsletter Questions
Do I need to buy a domain from Floggy?
No. Floggy doesn't sell domains itself. You buy a domain from any registrar and connect it to your Floggy blog by adding the DNS records Floggy provides. Once it verifies, your blog and your newsletter both run from that domain instead of your Floggy subdomain, with no domain purchase involved on Floggy's side.
Can I use my custom domain for email too?
Your custom domain covers your blog's address and the address your newsletter sends from; both switch over automatically once it's connected. It doesn't include a general inbox you log into and reply from. For a working mailbox at you@yourdomain.com, pair your domain with a separate email provider that offers mailbox hosting or forwarding.
What happens to my free subdomain if I add a custom domain?
Nothing breaks. Adding your own domain doesn't replace your Floggy account, it adds a new address on top of it. Your posts, subscribers and CMS data stay exactly where they are; only the address readers, search engines and email recipients see changes, from yourname.floggy.xyz to yourname.com.
Start With a Free Floggy Blog
Publish on a free subdomain today, then add your own domain and newsletter when you're ready to upgrade.