Connect your custom domain with Hover

If you bought your domain through Hover, you can connect it to your Patreon page so fans can visit you at a branded URL (like yourname.com or members.yourname.com) instead of patreon.com/yourname.

You’ll need to have already registered your domain with Hover. Once connected, Patreon will still power your page behind the scenes, but your fans will see your Hover domain in the URL.

Add your domain to Patreon

Here's how to change your URL to a custom domain:

1. If you aren’t already on your page, click on Dashboard in the left sidebar menu
2. Once in the Home tab, select the “...” icon close to the Edit page button and select Page details
3. In the Basics tab, go to the Custom domain section and click the Add a domain button
4. A pop-up will appear with a text box for you to enter Your domain
5. Click the Next button
6. A table with the values for your DNS records will show up to add at your domain provider (a TXT record for verification, plus either CNAME/ALIAS/A records for routing)

Update DNS records in Hover

1. Log in to your Hover account and go to the Control Panel
2. Select your Domain (If you only have one domain, you will be taken directly to the Domain Details page)
3. Go to DNS and first, remove a few existing records from your domain settings. Delete any records with the category Alias or CNAME. Records labeled MX or TXT don’t affect your Patreon setup and can stay as they are.
   • If this domain has been used before, there may be additional records you’ll need to remove. For guidance on configuring an existing domain, check with your domain provider’s setup instructions
4. In Hover’s DNS editor, click Add a record and insert the DNS records exactly as shown in Patreon. Be sure to select the correct category in the Type drop-down menu, matching A record with A record, AAAA with AAAA, and so on. Leave TTL at the default
   
5. Paste the number from Patreon in the “Value” section, and then select the Add Record button
   • You need to add every single type/value into the domain provider
   • For the CNAME value in your Redirecting domain, be sure to add “www” in the “Hostname” section in Hover
6. Once you’ve entered all of the values from Patreon into Hover, you’re all set. You may need to wait up to 24 hours before they are officially connected, but you can head back to Patreon and click “Refresh” next to your domain to check the updated status

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  • TXT record (verification) → Host: _patreon.members (or as shown in Patreon)
  • CNAME record (routing) → Host: members, Answer / Value: the target shown in Patreon (e.g. custom.patreon-domains.com)
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  • TXT record (verification) → Host: _patreon
  • Routing record → either:
    • ALIAS/ANAME → point to Patreon’s host, or
    • A records → point to the IPs shown in Patreon

Verify on Patreon

1. Return to Page details → Basics tab → Custom domain in Patreon
2. Patreon will detect your records, verify your domain, and activate the connection. The settings will reflect as “Connected” in green once successful.
3. Once verified, we’ll issue an SSL certificate automatically

Most connections resolve within minutes, but DNS updates can take up to 24–48 hours. If your domain doesn’t connect after this time, check the Troubleshooting section in the main custom domain guide for common fixes.

Disconnect or update your domain

To disconnect from Patreon

To disconnect your custom domain and stop it immediately to pointing to Patreon, going back to your patreon.com/creatorname page instead, follow the steps below:

1. From your creator profile, click on Dashboard in the left sidebar menu
2. Once in the Home tab, select the “...” icon close to the Edit page button and select Page details
3. In the Basics tab, scroll to the Custom domain section
4. Find your active domain and click (…) more > Disconnect domain
5. Select Disconnect to confirm

To update DNS in Hover (optional)

This step is only needed if you want to use the domain for something else (like a website or email service)

1. From the DNS section, select the unwanted DNS records by clicking the checkbox for each record.
   
2. Click the drop-down Bulk edit menu, followed by Delete.
   
3. Click the Delete button to remove the selected records.