Move off a burned domain
Rotation carries the config and money over; the old address keeps redirecting.
There's no dedicated "rotate" button today — the only production entry point is renaming the old address to a spare domain you already own, which routes into the same rotation code. See Rename a channel address or move it to a path.
What the reserve domain must satisfy
Before anything moves, a preflight check runs every safety rule at once and reports every problem together (rather than one-at-a-time, which would make you fix, retry, discover the next blocker, repeat). The reserve domain must be:
| Check | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Exists, and isn't a source-only label | Real domain rows, not a bookkeeping stub |
| Ownership-verified | Its own DNS proof already passed |
| TLS-ready | Certificate already issued |
| Not badly reputed | A bad verdict blocks; no verdict yet does not — see below |
| Empty | No buttons, links, campaigns, smart links, redirect slots, or segments of yours already on it |
| Not already redirecting elsewhere | Can't chain a second rotation off it |
| Carries no QR codes / public addresses of its own | Nothing to strand by reusing it |
"Unknown" reputation is not treated as bad — a domain that simply hasn't been scanned yet would otherwise be permanently unrotatable. Only an actual bad verdict (see Check whether a domain is burning) blocks the move.
What rotation does
- Clones your buttons, segments, backgrounds, ad-platform connections, and live domain flags onto the reserve.
- Publishes the reserve's runtime and probes it publicly before touching anything live — if the reserve doesn't actually serve correctly, the move aborts and the old address stays primary.
- Only then repoints the real traffic:
CreatorLink.content_hostandOfCampaign.domainmove from the old address to the new one. - The old address is turned into an active redirect to the new one — old links, bookmarks, and printed QR codes keep working, hopping through exactly one redirect even if you rotate again later.
Any failure after step 2 rolls back the database and the copied files; the old address is never left half-migrated.
Undo it
A rotation can be rolled back the same way it was applied: the current primary is cloned back onto the old address, published, and probed before traffic returns — the same safety order in reverse.
What's next
Not sure the domain actually needs rotating? Check Check whether a domain is burning first. Done with the old address for good? See Delete a domain you no longer use.