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​Leveling up your links

You might be wondering what all the other icons in each link component on your Links tab represents. You can tap on each to modify your link a different way! Starting from the left, the lightning ico…

Updated 2 years ago by Neal Jean

Setting up Payments and Payouts

This guide will show you how to take payments with credit cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and PayPal. Stripe. Setting up Stripe will allow you to take payments with credit cards, debit cards, Apple Pay…

Updated 9 months ago by Beacons Technical Support

Namecheap domains

Custom domain. Setting up a domain means that you want to use something like mywebsite.com for your page. If you want to use something like bio.mywebsite.com, then scroll down to "Setting up a subdom…

Updated 9 months ago by Beacons Technical Support

Substack

Find your Substack URL. When you log in to Substack, you can find your Substack URL at the top (e.g. https://abc.substack.com). Copy this URL into the text field asking for your Substack URL.

Updated 11 months ago by Beacons Technical Support

Wix domain and subdomain

Custom domain. Setting up a domain means that you want to use something like mywebsite.com for your page. If you want to use something like bio.mywebsite.com, then scroll down to "Setting up a subdom…

Updated 11 months ago by Beacons Technical Support

Find your video embed URLs

You can embed a video in Beacons by just pasting a URL from YouTube, TikTok, or Vimeo. YouTube. For YouTube, just copy the URL of the video and paste it into the text box. We will automatically conve…

Updated 11 months ago by Beacons Technical Support

Shopify custom subdomains

Custom subdomain. A custom subdomain is something like links.mywebsite.com. Login to your Shopify admin. Click on "Online Store". Click on Domains. Next to your Primary domain, click the Manage butto…

Updated 11 months ago by Beacons Technical Support

Hostgator Custom Domains

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. G…

Updated 1 year ago by Beacons Technical Support

Hover custom domain

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. G…

Updated 1 year ago by Beacons Technical Support

Squarespace Custom Domain

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. G…

Updated 1 year ago by Beacons Technical Support

1&1 IONOS custom domain setup

Custom domain. Go here to access your DNS settings: https://my..com/start-with-domain/dns?&utm_source=helpcenter&utm_medium=knowledge&utm_campaign=4442&utm_term=dns&utm_content=deeplink&skipIntcpts=t…

Updated 1 year ago by Beacons Technical Support

Dreamhost domain

Go to https://help.dreamhost.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001074423-Editing-or-deleting-custom-DNS-records to edit your DNS settings. Delete any A record you might have for your domain. Add a custom DNS…

Updated 1 year ago by Beacons Technical Support

Zapier webhooks for email and SMS

This guide will show you how to link a Zapier webhook to your Beacons page. Make a new Zap. Choose the Webhook trigger. For Trigger Event, select "Catch Hook". Copy the "Custom Webhook URL". In your…

Updated 1 year ago by Beacons Technical Support

TikTok shopping guide

Adding a TikTok video. Click the "+ Add TikTok video" button and search for a username. Select the TikTok you wish to attach products to. Adding a product to a video. Click the "Edit products" button…

Updated 1 year ago by Beacons Technical Support

YouTube Autopilot

Automatically update your YouTube videos with Beacons. Just go to your YouTube channel and paste in the URL of your latest video. The URL should look something like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d…

Updated 1 year ago by Beacons Technical Support

Twitter embed URLs

Twitter embed URLs. You can embed URLs from Twitter on your Beacons page. Your URLs should look like one of these: A tweet: https://twitter.com/Interior/status/463440424141459456. A profile: https://…

Updated 1 year ago by Beacons Technical Support

Find music embed URLs

You can embed music Spotify, Apple Music, SoundCloud, and Bandcamp on your Beacons page. Spotify. In Spotify, click the three dots on an album, playlist, or track. Go to "Share" and click "Copy Link"…

Updated 1 year ago by Beacons Technical Support

Setup your custom domain or subdomain

Setting up your custom domain. You have two options for your custom domain. You can use a domain (like mywebsite.com) or you can use a subdomain (like bio.mywebsite.com). Your subdomain can be whatev…

Updated 1 year ago by Beacons Technical Support

GoDaddy custom domain

Setting up your custom domain on GoDaddy. You have two options for your custom domain. You can use a domain (like mywebsite.com) or you can use a subdomain (like bio.mywebsite.com). Your subdomain ca…

Updated 1 year ago by Beacons Technical Support

Find your Google Analytics Tracking Id

Go to Google Analytics. In the bottom left, click on "Admin". Click "Property Settings" in the middle column. Copy your Tracking ID.

Updated 1 year ago by Beacons Technical Support

Find your Facebook Pixel ID

Go to Facebook Events Manager. Click on the Data Source corresponding to the Pixel. Go to the Settings tab. Copy your Pixel ID.

Updated 1 year ago by Beacons Technical Support

Adding an Instagram account to Social Selling

1. Make sure you authorized us for all of the permissions we have requested. We need all of the permissions to access your Instagram accounts and find the relevant creators who you have worked with i…

Updated 2 years ago by Beacons Technical Support

Smart links

Sometimes, you don't want your followers clicking twice to get to a super important link. Maybe it's your new blog post, or your new YouTube video, or a link to your upcoming event. Enter the smart l…

Updated 2 years ago by Neal Jean

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