
Buzzsprout will maintain your redirect for you once you close your account with them. Important Note: It is recommended the redirect remain in place for up to 4 weeks to ensure all your subscribers get a chance to update. You can find additional information here in Buzzsprout's knowledge base. From here, Buzzsprout will walk you through adding redirects to any and all RSS feeds you have that you wish to move. Once logged in, select My Profile and then select the Cancel/Redirect Podcast tab. Start by logging into your Buzzsprout Dashboard here: It is recommended that the feed URL either be updated in their Partner Portal or they be contacted directly to have the feed URL updated.
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*Stitcher will follow the redirect while it remains online, but will not fully update their database so if the redirect ever goes offline, Stitcher will stop working. A few examples (not an exhaustive list) of directories and apps that will follow the 301 redirect include: This also will update other apps that either pull from Apple Podcasts OR follow 301 redirects. They will update to pull from the new location, and your subscribers will also update as soon as they next refresh your feed. The two combined tell their system (their database and their applications) that your show has moved, and where it moved to. They also require a special new feed URL tag to be added to the new feed. This points the old feed URL to the new Libsyn feed URL. They require a 301 redirect to be put in place at the old host. Step 3: Setting Up RedirectsĪpple Podcasts requires 2 things to happen in order to properly update the feed URL they pull from, and to update your subscribers. They will let you know once that process is complete (how long this takes once the process is started depends on how much content you have on your show). The support team will take a look at your current feed, make sure there are no issues, and import your content into your Libsyn show. Your show slug or the email used on signup.To get started, please contact the Libsyn Support the team with: At this point, we can copy your content into Libsyn. Once signed up, you should be able to log into your Libsyn account. To sign up for a Libsyn hosting account, please visit: However, it can take up to 3-4 weeks for all directories and subscribers to update, so keep this in mind as you time when you want to begin this process and when you wish to close down your Buzzsprout hosted podcast. The actual work can take just a day or two to complete in total. For those directories that need manually updated, they will need contacted to update the feed URL.Proper redirects will need put in place for Apple Podcasts and the other directories and apps that support them.Your content will then need to be copied over to into that hosting account.You will need to sign up for a hosting account at Libsyn.To break this down, there are a few steps that must be completed: This tutorial will walk you through everything you need to know and do to seamlessly migrate your show and audience. Welcome to Libsyn! If you already have a podcast show hosted on Buzzsprout and are looking to migrate to Libsyn instead, you have come to the right place.
