Your Bluesky handle is your public identity on the platform. By default, Bluesky assigns a handle ending in bsky.social. You can replace that with a custom domain you own, such as yourname.com. This makes your profile look more professional and verifies that you control the domain. The process requires adding two DNS records at GoDaddy … Read more
You changed your Bluesky handle, but after a few hours or days it reverted back to the old one. This problem happens when the handle change does not fully propagate through Bluesky’s distributed network or when a custom domain handle fails to verify. The root cause is almost always an incomplete DNS configuration or a … Read more
Bluesky lets you replace your default handle with a custom domain so your profile reads as @yourname.com instead of @username.bsky.social. A custom domain gives you a professional identity on the platform and makes your account easier to find. You do not need to pay for a domain if you know where to find free options. … Read more
When you try to change your Bluesky handle and see the error message “Invalid Format,” the app is rejecting the text you entered because it does not match the strict rules Bluesky enforces for handles. Bluesky handles are not free-form text fields — they follow a technical standard that limits which characters can be used, … Read more
Many Bluesky users want to use a single custom domain like yourcompany.com for multiple accounts. For example, a business might need handles for its CEO, support team, and marketing department. Bluesky’s domain handle system is designed to verify one handle per domain. However, you can configure subdomains so that each user gets a unique handle … Read more
When you set up a custom domain as your Bluesky handle, you must add a TXT record to your domain’s DNS settings. After you save that record, your handle does not become active immediately. DNS changes need time to spread across the internet, a process called propagation. This article explains how long TXT record propagation … Read more
Bluesky allows you to use a custom domain as your handle, such as @yourname.com instead of the default @yourname.bsky.social. This makes your profile look more professional and ties your online identity to your own domain. To set this up, you need to add two DNS records to your domain hosted in Amazon Route 53. This … Read more
When you try to set a custom domain as your Bluesky handle, you may see the error message “Domain already in use.” This happens when the same domain is already linked to another Bluesky account. Bluesky requires each domain to be used by only one account at a time. This article explains why the error … Read more
If you set up a custom domain handle on Bluesky and want to go back to the default bsky.social handle, you can do so in a few minutes. The custom domain handle uses a DNS text record to prove domain ownership. Reverting removes that verification and assigns the standard Bluesky handle. This article explains the … Read more
When someone on Bluesky changes their handle — for example, from @oldhandle.bsky.social to @newhandle.bsky.social — you might still see their old handle in your mentions, bookmarks, or saved links. Searching for the old handle directly in the Bluesky app often returns zero results, leaving you unable to find that person. This happens because Bluesky indexes … Read more