With custom domains, you can connect a domain you already own — like berlinkidsmap.com or map.yourcity.com — directly to one of your PamPam maps. Visitors who type your domain into their browser will land straight on your map, with your URL in the address bar instead of pampam.city.
Custom domains are available on Business and Enterprise plans.
Note: Custom Domains are currently in Beta. Please share any feedback, or let us know how it's going! It was launhed on May 5th, 2026.
How to connect a custom domain
1. Open the map you want to connect a domain to, then click the Share button.
2. In the sharing dialog, click the Site tab.
3. Type your domain into the input field — for example, berlinkidsmap.com or map.acme.com — and click "Add".
Both apex domains (
acme.com) and subdomains (map.acme.com) are supported.One domain can be connected to one map at a time.
4. You'll see DNS records appear below the input. Add these records at your DNS provider (the service where you registered or manage your domain — often GoDaddy, Cloudflare, Namecheap, or similar).
For an apex domain (e.g.
acme.com): add an A record pointing@to76.76.21.21, and a TXT record at_pampam-verifywith the value shown.For a subdomain (e.g.
map.acme.com): add a CNAME record pointing tocname.vercel-dns.com, and a TXT record at_pampam-verify.mapwith the value shown.Note: if your DNS provider auto-appends your domain name to record names, enter only the prefix (e.g.
_pampam-verifynot_pampam-verify.acme.com).
Tip: Use AI to help you set up your domain, share a screenshot of the PamPam DNS instructions, and a screenshot of your setup on your provider to Claude or Chatgpt, and ask it for help.
5. Once you've saved the records at your DNS provider, click "Re-check" in PamPam. The status will update from "Awaiting DNS" to "Active" once everything is verified.
DNS changes usually take a few minutes to propagate, but can occasionally take up to an hour depending on your provider.
You can safely close the dialog and come back — PamPam checks your domain status automatically in the background.
6. When the status shows Active, your domain is live. Visitors can now reach your map at your custom URL. You should still go to pampam.city to edit your map.
Best practices for custom domains:
Use a subdomain (like
map.acme.com) if you can — it's simpler to set up and works with more DNS providers than apex domains.Keep the DNS records in place as long as the domain is connected. Removing them will cause your domain to stop working.
You won't be able to fully edit your map from the custom domain. Your map's editor and settings are always accessed from pampam.city — the custom domain shows the public view of your map only.
Visitors who click "Sign in" on your custom domain will briefly be sent to pampam.city to authenticate, then returned to your map automatically. This is expected behavior.
To hide the PamPam logo, go to "Settings" and click "Hide PamPam logo" for a more custom look.
Growing your map's audience
Once your custom domain is live, there are a few things you can do to help people find it and build an audience around it.
Get indexed by Google — submit your domain to Google Search Console so it can show up in search results. Go to search.google.com/search-console and add your domain as a property. Google will ask you to confirm ownership, usually by adding a TXT record at your DNS provider.
Help your map rank higher — the more other websites link to your domain, the better it tends to perform in search. Share a link on social media, in blog posts, local community groups, or anywhere your audience already hangs out.
Track your visitors — connect your map to Google Analytics to see how many people are visiting, where they're coming from, and what they're doing on your site. You can set this up in the Analytics tab of the sharing dialog.
Grow a mailing list — use PamPam's Map Gate feature to ask visitors for their email before they can explore your map. It's a simple way to turn map traffic into a list of people you can stay in touch with.