For authors

Move a show,
keep the subscribers

A podcast lives in its RSS feed. Directories remember your show by the feed, so a careful switch keeps every subscriber. There is a guided wizard, and here is the short version.

  1. Set up here first. Create the show, upload the episodes, and check the new feed. Do not touch your old feed yet.
  2. Match the fields. Keep the title, author and cover close to the old show, and let Norsolia assign a stable episode guid rather than changing it later.
  3. Redirect if you can. A 301 from the old feed to the new one carries subscribers over in a day or two. If your old host cannot redirect, submit the new feed to each directory by hand.
  4. Submit to the apps. Apple Podcasts Connect and Spotify for Creators take a feed URL; other apps pick the show up from there. See the directories page.
  5. Leave the old feed up for at least two weeks so slow apps catch up, then close the old account.
Changing episode guids duplicates episodes in apps. Deleting the old feed too early strands subscribers. Both are avoidable, and the wizard watches for them.