---
title: Choose your Tapmy URL and handle
description: How to choose a short, stable Tapmy URL and handle for your link in bio, and how to plan a custom domain without breaking saved links.
lead:
  - Pick a short address that matches your creator or business name and will still fit in a year. Check how it looks in your bio and when said aloud, because changing a live URL can break saved links, QR codes and emails.
tags:
  - link-in-bio
source: docs/tapmy-wiki/pages/choose-your-tapmy-url-and-handle--3608cf08.md
---

This is for creators choosing a Tapmy URL, a handle or a custom-domain plan. Availability and domain rules can change, so trust what the Tapmy screen confirms.

## What do I need before picking a handle? {#before-you-start}

Write down two or three name options that you could keep for years. Check the matching social handles. List every place that already links to you. Decide if the address stands for you, your brand or one program.

Save your current public URL, text, links and design values so you can undo a change. Check the result in a signed-out browser and at phone width.

## How do I choose a good Tapmy URL? {#select-and-validate-the-address}

A good handle is easy to type, hard to mishear and wide enough to survive your next offer. Skip launch dates, prices and single product names unless the Site is really for one campaign.

1. Use your established name where you can, spelled the way it appears on your profile image and social accounts.
2. Drop extra punctuation, doubled letters and look-alike swaps that are hard to say aloud.
3. Make sure you are not copying a trademark or imitating another person or company.
4. Check availability in the Tapmy URL or handle screen. Typing a name does not reserve it until the screen confirms.
5. Preview the full address in a private window. It should open your Site, not an editor or login page.
6. Planning a custom domain? Keep the Tapmy URL working until DNS, HTTPS and redirects are tested signed out.
7. Make a list of every place to update: social bios, email signatures, QR codes, ads, pinned posts and old landing pages.
8. After any change, retest your most important links and watch for old traffic landing on a dead page.

## How do I know the URL is right? {#what-success-looks-like}

It reads clearly, will not need changing, and opens your published Site signed out on desktop and mobile. Every main place you share it points to it.

Test the live public URL, not the editor preview.

## What if the name is taken or the old URL still shows? {#troubleshooting-and-limits}

- **The name is unavailable.** Add a meaningful qualifier such as your field or format. Do not imitate an existing creator.
- **The old URL still appears.** Check caches, saved profiles, redirects and whether publishing finished before you changed anything else.
- **A custom domain does not load.** Treat it as a DNS check, and keep the working Tapmy URL live meanwhile.

For which plan includes a custom domain and which DNS records to add, check [Pricing](/pricing) and the domain screen in your account.

Do not delete a working link, domain record, published offer or page until its replacement is tested. Write down the time of each publish or DNS change so you can tell cached results from real ones.

## What next? {#next-steps}

Once the URL works, match your creator name, bio, profile image and social links to it, then review the store on mobile.

Still stuck? [Contact Tapmy Support](/help/tapmy-support) with the Site URL, the exact symptom, the time and time zone, your browser or device and cleaned-up screenshots. Never send passwords, verification codes, DNS-provider logins, tokens or customer data.