Branded website on your domain

Example: Cherokee Landing

• Guest brand site: cherokeelanding.net (or www.cherokeelanding.net). Guests see Cherokee Landing logo, colors, about, and stays.
• Same listings on the marketplace: Guests can also find those stays on Find a Place under Yall Come Back discovery. Each listing still shows the host.
• Host work happens here: Sign in at yallcomeback.app → Admin. Edit listings, calendar, brand, and messages in one place. The public brand domain only shows the guest site.

Three different host paths

Choose one path. Do not mix the names — they are different products. There is no cut of each booking.

• 1 · Marketplace only — $12 / listing / month — Publish listings on Find a Place. You do not need a custom domain. Guests book through the shared marketplace. Use this path if you do not keep a separate brand website. This is a paid product.
• 2 · Branded website — $25 / month total — Yall Come Back hosts a site that looks like your brand. Point your domain with DNS. One $25 fee covers the whole website, no matter how many cabins, boats, or campsites you publish. This plan includes marketplace listing for the same stays — you do not pay $12 again on top. Guests can book on your domain or on Find a Place. This is a paid product.
• 3 · Free self-host / open source — $0 platform fee — You run the MIT code on your own servers (or free self-host mode). Different setup. See Free self-host website.

Example: seven published stays on the branded website plan cost $25 / month total. The same seven stays on marketplace only cost $84 / month ($12 × 7). Use marketplace-only if you do not need your own website.

What guests see vs what you use

• Guests on your domain — Your logo, colors, about, services, contact, and stays. The site feels like your business. Guests still book with Yall Come Back tools.
• Guests on the marketplace — On the branded plan, marketplace listing is included for those same stays. Guests can find you on Find a Place without a second fee. You can still hide a stay from the marketplace in Admin if you need to.
• You (the host) — Always manage on yallcomeback.app under Admin (Calendar, Listings, Brand, Messages, Dashboard, Earnings). Open Dashboard for bookings. You do not edit a separate website builder.

Already on marketplace only?

Open Admin → Brand & website and select Create my branded website. That switches you to the $25 / month website plan (marketplace stays included), unlocks logo and domain fields, and keeps your listings. Then buy a domain at your registrar and enter it under Domain & guest site.

Before you change DNS

• Finish brand setup: logo, colors, about, contact, and at least one published listing.
• Preview the site under /h/[your-slug] on yallcomeback.app (Demo publish). Fix content before you point the domain.
• Keep your old website online until the new site looks correct.

Step-by-step: point your domain

1. Save the domain in Brand

Saving Brand does not move your old website or change DNS. It only tells Yall Come Back which brand owns the hostname.

• Open Admin → Brand & website.
• Set Domain name to connect to the bare hostname only (example: cherokeelanding.net). Do not add https://.
• Keep publish on Demo while you test. Switch to Live only after SSL and DNS work.
• Select Save brand. Guests still use your old site and the /h/[your-slug] preview until steps 2 and 3 are done.

2. Yall Come Back prepares HTTPS

When you save your domain in Brand, Yall Come Back usually registers www for HTTPS and shows the DNS values on that same page. Point DNS only after you save the domain here.

3. Update DNS at your registrar

Log in where you bought the domain. Use the exact CNAME and TXT values shown under Brand → Domain (not a guess).

• Add a CNAME for www that points to the target on the Brand page.
• Add the TXT verify record if Brand shows one.
• Optional: forward the apex (example: cherokeelanding.net) to https://www.cherokeelanding.net with a 301 redirect. Many registrars cannot use CNAME on the apex.
• Remove old A or CNAME records that still point at your previous website host.

4. Verify

• Wait for DNS to update (often minutes; sometimes up to 24–48 hours).
• Open https://www.your-domain.com. You should see your brand site, not the Yall Come Back marketplace home.
• Until DNS is ready, keep using the Demo preview under /h/[your-slug].

Who does each DNS step

• You (or your web person) — Save the domain in Brand. Then paste the CNAME and TXT values from that page into your registrar.
• Yall Come Back — Prepares HTTPS after you save the domain. Contact us if HTTPS does not come up after DNS is ready.

Do not invent DNS targets. Always paste the CNAME and TXT values from Brand. Do not point your domain at www.yallcomeback.app unless Brand shows that as the target.

After go-live

• Edit brand and listings only in Admin on yallcomeback.app. Changes show on your domain after save and publish.
• Marketplace listing is included in the branded plan. In Listings, set Taking bookings to website + Find a Place for stays you want on the marketplace.
• Guests who book on your domain still create bookings in your Admin inbox and calendar.