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Connect your custom domain
Every workspace ships on a free subdomain. Pro+ adds a CNAME flow so your portal lives at your own URL — your visitors never see thebigclass.com.
Last updated May 24, 2026
Your free subdomain (day one)
When you sign up, you claim a subdomain like ananya.thebigclass.com. The full portal — home, courses, blog, store, faculty, contact — is live on that URL immediately. You can do everything on the free subdomain that you can on a custom domain; the URL is the only difference.
Upgrade to a custom domain
On Pro+ open /dashboard/portal/domain. Pick the subdomain you want to point at us — usually learn.<yourdomain>.com or academy.<yourdomain>.com. Avoid the apex (yourdomain.com) unless your DNS provider supports ALIAS records.
Add the CNAME record
- In your DNS provider (GoDaddy, Cloudflare, Route 53, etc.), add a CNAME record
- Name (host) — learn (or whatever subdomain you picked)
- Value (target) — <your-slug>.thebigclass.com
- TTL — leave default (or 300 if you want fast propagation)
- Save
Verify + SSL
DNS propagation can take a few minutes to a few hours. Once we detect the CNAME, your custom domain is live and serves over HTTPS — SSL is auto-provisioned. The dashboard banner shows current status (Pending DNS / Verifying SSL / Live).
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