Custom Domains for Video Hosting Platforms

Why custom domains matter for video hosting platforms

Video gets embedded everywhere: blog posts, course pages, help centers, sales decks. The embed code references a domain. Make that domain the creator's, not yours, and you remove the single biggest reason teams pick Wistia over Loom (or vice versa).

What your users get

• Video pages and embeds at the creator's domain
• Stable URLs that outlive platform changes
• Custom domain on every plan if you want it

How it works in 3 steps

1. Your user types their hostname (videos.acme.com) into your UI.
2. your video platform POSTs to the Domainee API to register it and gets back the CNAME the user needs to add at their DNS provider.
3. We monitor DNS, issue the cert via Let's Encrypt, and webhook back when it's live. Usually about 60 seconds.

The code

curl -X POST https://api.domainee.dev/v1/domains \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DOMAINEE_API_KEY" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "hostname": "videos.acme.com",
    "originUrl": "https://app.your-saas.com",
    "mode": "proxy",
    "redirectWww": true,
    "metadata": { "workspaceId": "your-internal-id" }
  }'

The response includes a dnsRecords array (usually one CNAME). Show that to your user, tell them to paste it at their DNS provider, and we'll handle the rest.

For the full walkthrough, see How to let users connect a custom domain to your SaaS.

Pricing

Your first 50 customer hostnames and 100 GB of bandwidth every month are free. After that: $0.20 per domain (graduated to $0.10 at scale), $0.05/GB above 400 GB. No monthly minimum, no contract, no sales call.