Whether you're looking to spin up a quick landing page or create a full homepage that showcases your community’s value before someone joins, this guide will show you how to do it — step by step.

✅ What We’re Building

With just a few setup steps, you’ll be able to create:

• A homepage for your community that lives at your root domain (e.g. yourdomain.com)

• A customized signup flow that includes a welcome video, testimonials, and more

• An easy login experience for returning members

🧩 Step 1: Set up a Custom Root Domain

To make your Heartbeat community feel like your brand, we recommend connecting your root domain (like scaling.academy) to Heartbeat.

1. Go to Settings > Community > Domains

2. Follow the guide to point your domain to Heartbeat’s servers
   👉 Click here to follow custom domain setup instructions

3. Once connected, your community will now live at your own URL

🧠 Step 2: Create a Custom Sign Up Link

This is where the homepage magic happens.

1. Go to Settings > People > Sign Up Links

2. Click Create New Sign Up Link

3. Set your default user role (usually just “User”)

4. Add paid offers or free access groups if you want

5. Then, create a custom Page and associated it to your Sign Up Link

You can use this as a lightweight sales page, brand welcome, or a guide to what people get inside the community.

🔁 Step 3: Set This Page as Your Default

Back under Settings > Community > Domains, set your new Sign Up Link as the default for anyone visiting your custom URL.

1. Click the dropdown under “Default Sign Up Link”

2. Select your new custom landing page

3. Click Save Changes at the top right

After a few minutes, your homepage will go live!

✨ Final Result

Now when someone visits your site (yourdomain.com), they’ll see:

• Your custom homepage

• A big, clear “Join Now” button

• A login link for existing members

They can easily learn about your community and sign up in just a few clicks.

💡 Don’t Want to Replace Your Website?

Already have a site on Webflow, Squarespace, etc.?
Set your community up on a subdomain (like community.yoursite.com) so it stays connected to your brand without needing to rebuild everything.