Acast makes it as easy as possible to move your episodes, show notes and followers with zero downtime.
1. Import your Podcast onto your Acast account (if you haven't yet)
If you haven’t already done it, create an account with Acast and log in. Then choose to Moving your show to Acast?.
If your show is already on iTunes, just search for it by name. Really easy.
If your show is not on iTunes, then simply enter your existing podcast RSS feed. This will be a web URL, something like http://my-podcast.podomatic.com/rss.xml
Once you’ve clicked Import Show, we will start to copy all your files over to Acast. This can take about ten minutes, so go make yourself a cup of coffee ️
We will email you when it's ready.
The email will contain your Acast RSS feed URL. It will look something like this: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/mypodcast
This is your Acast feed URL. Copy it to your clipboard.
(You can also find and copy your feed URL by clicking on the distribution button)
2. Redirect your feed
You will then be prompted with the next step: redirecting your podcast hosting from Podomatic to Acast. This step is essential to ensure that your listeners can continue to get all your episodes and that Acast can manage your hosting and analytics.
To redirect your feed, you need to tell PodOmatic your new Acast feed URL. If you are a PodOmatic Pro member, try contacting them directly through the PodOmatic Pro support. Otherwise, write an email to care@podomatic.com and tell them to redirect your feed. Here's a sample email for you to customize.
I’d like to transfer my PodOmatic podcast to a new host. Please implement a 301 redirect from my podcast [podcast name] at [current PodOmatic RSS feed URL ] to my new RSS feed URL at [Acast Feed URL].
3. How do I check the redirect is successful?
Open your web browser (like Chrome or Safari) and enter the address of your old
RSS feed URL, and hit enter. If the redirect is working, you will be taken automatically to your new feed URL at feed.acast.com.
If you are not taken to this new Acast feed URL, then wait ten minutes, clear your browser cache (or open in incognito/private mode) and try again.