Custom Domain

Any story can be served from a subdomain you own — story.example.com instead of a link on skaz.io. The story still runs on Skaz; only the address changes.

Setting it up

1. Open your story in the editor and find Custom domain in the story panel on the right.
2. Type the subdomain you want to use, e.g. story.example.com, and press Save. Skaz answers with the exact DNS records for your domain — a CNAME that routes visitors to us, and one or two TXT records that prove the domain is yours.
3. Add every record shown at your DNS provider, exactly as given. A missing TXT record is the usual reason a domain resolves but still shows an error.
4. Press Check DNS. Once all the records are visible, the domain goes live.

The certificate is issued automatically the first time someone opens the address, so the very first visit can take a second or two longer than usual.

If the check keeps failing

• Cloudflare users: set the CNAME to DNS only (grey cloud, not orange). Proxying replaces the record we look for with Cloudflare’s own addresses, and the check can’t see it.
• Trailing dot. Some DNS panels require values to be fully qualified, i.e. to end with a dot — stories.skaz.io. rather than stories.skaz.io. The editor has a button that copies the dotted form.
• Name field. Some panels want the whole hostname (story.example.com), others only the part in front of your domain (story). The editor shows both spellings.
• An existing A record. A CNAME can’t share a name with an A or AAAA record. Delete the old one first.

Why the TXT records

The CNAME points the address at Skaz, so visitors actually reach your story. The TXT records prove the domain is yours — without them, anyone could type someone else’s domain into their editor and claim it.

Limits

• Subdomains only. An apex domain like example.com can’t hold a CNAME record under the DNS standard. Use story.example.com, play.example.com, or anything similar.
• One story per domain. A domain is taken by whoever saves it first, and released as soon as they remove it.
• Not for stories that require signing in. Sign-in — and with it every 18+ story — works only on Skaz’s own domain, so those stories can’t use a custom one yet.
• The Made with Skaz badge stays on the player.

Moving or removing it

Press Remove in the same panel to release the domain. Pointing the DNS records somewhere else works too, but the claim stays with the story until you remove it, which keeps anyone else from picking it up by accident.

What’s next

• Publishing & Sharing — getting your story in front of players.