Custom Domain
A custom domain is something like mywebsite.com. If you are trying to do something like links.mywebsite.com, you are trying to do a subdomain, which is covered in the section below.
Go to this article and follow the instructions to "Open Advanced DNS Settings" under A records. https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002101888
Scroll down to Custom Records
Delete any existing A, AAAA, or CNAME records for
In the Record field of a blank row, select CNAME from the drop-down
In the Host field, enter @
Leave the Priority field blank
In the Data field, enter
customdomain.beacons.ai
Click "Add" to save the record to your settings
Custom Subdomain
A custom subdomain is something like links.mywebsite.com. If you are trying to do something like mywebsite.com, you are trying to do a domain, which is covered in the section above.
Go to this article and follow the instructions to "Open Advanced DNS Settings" under CNAME records https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002101888
Scroll down to Custom Records
In the Record field of a blank row, select CNAME from the drop-down
In the Host field, enter your your subdomain. If you want links.mywebsite.com, enter links. If you want bio.mywebsite.com enter bio
Leave the Priority field blank
In the Data field, enter
customdomain.beacons.ai
Click "Add" to save the record to your settings
If you have any questions, please contact our creator support
team by emailing support@beacons.ai.