Yes — your Heartbeat community can serve as your website.
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

Here’s what the final product might look like:

🧩 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 → Custom Domain

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 Signup Page

This is where the homepage magic happens.

1. Go to Settings → Signup Pages

2. Click Create New Signup Page

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

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

5. Toggle on “Custom Landing Page”

Customize your homepage content:

• Title & Subtitle

• Welcome video (YouTube, Vimeo, or Loom)

• Short sales letter or welcome description

• Join Now button text

• Footer title for trust/social proof

• Testimonial section with quote + name

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 → Custom Domain, set your new signup page as the default for anyone visiting your custom URL.

1. Click the dropdown under “Default Signup Page”

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.

🙋 Need Help?

If you run into issues setting up your custom domain or homepage, we’re here for you.

📧 Contact us at support@heartbeat.chat and we’ll help you get it set up quickly.