✅ Option 1: Redirect (easiest)

• What happens: when someone visits epk.yourband.com, they get sent to yourmusictools.com/epk/your-epk-name.

• What they see in the browser bar: yourmusictools.com/epk/your-epk-name.

Steps:

1. Log in to the place where you manage your domain yourband.com (your domain provider, e.g. GoDaddy, Cloudflare, Squarespace, etc.).

2. Go to the DNS settings for yourband.com.

3. Add a new DNS record:

   • Type: CNAME

   • Name/Host: epk

   • Points to/Value: yourmusictools.com

4. Save your changes.

⚡ Important: this only connects the subdomain. To make sure it forwards to your specific EPK page (/epk/your-epk-name), you need a redirect rule:

• If using Cloudflare:

  • Go to Rules → Page Rules

  • Create a rule:

    • URL pattern: https://epk.yourband.com/*

    • Forwarding URL → 301 redirect → https://yourmusictools.com/epk/your-epk-name/$1

• If your provider supports “Web Forward/Redirect”:

  • Source: epk.yourband.com

  • Destination: https://yourmusictools.com/epk/your-epk-name

  • Type: Permanent (301)

✅ Option 2: Keep your own subdomain in the bar (advanced)

• What happens: when someone visits epk.yourband.com, they stay on that address, but the content is loaded from yourmusictools.com/epk/your-epk-name.

• What they see in the browser bar: epk.yourband.com.

Steps:

1. DNS setup (same as above):

   • CNAME record for epk → yourmusictools.com

2. Ask your hosting provider (or tech person) to set up a “reverse proxy.”

   • Send them this message:

3. “Please set up epk.yourband.com as a reverse proxy to show the content from https://yourmusictools.com/epk/your-epk-name/.
   I want the browser to keep showing epk.yourband.com in the address bar.”

Which should you choose?

• Option 1 (Redirect): easiest, fastest, SEO-friendly

• Option 2 (Proxy): keeps your own subdomain in the address bar, looks cleaner, but requires tech setup

⚡ Tip: If you’re not technical, start with Option 1. It works at almost any domain provider.

Guide: Use Cloudflare to connect your EPK subdomain

We’ll connect epk.yourband.com → https://yourmusictools.com/epk/your-epk-name using Cloudflare’s free plan.

Step 1 — Create a free Cloudflare account

1. Go to https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up

2. Create a free account.

3. Add your domain yourband.com.

   • Choose the Free Plan (that’s enough).

Step 2 — Update your nameservers at TransIP

1. After adding your domain, Cloudflare will give you 2 new nameservers (for example dora.ns.cloudflare.com and jack.ns.cloudflare.com).

2. Log in to your TransIP Control Panel.

3. Go to Domain → DNS Settings for yourband.com.

4. Replace the TransIP nameservers with the Cloudflare ones.

5. Save changes.

⚡ It may take a few hours for the change to fully propagate.

Step 3 — Add your subdomain in Cloudflare DNS

1. In Cloudflare, go to your domain yourband.com.

2. Open DNS → Records.

3. Add a new record:

   • Type: CNAME

   • Name: epk

   • Target: yourmusictools.com

   • Keep the orange cloud ON (Proxy enabled).

4. Save.

Now epk.yourband.com exists and points to yourmusictools.com.

Step 4 — Create a Page Rule (redirect)

1. In Cloudflare, go to Rules → Page Rules.

2. Click Create Page Rule.

3. For “If the URL matches,” enter:

   https://epk.yourband.com/*
   

4. Choose the action: Forwarding URL (301 – Permanent Redirect).

5. Enter the destination URL:

   https://yourmusictools.com/epk/your-epk-name/$1
   

   (replace your-epk-name with your actual EPK name)

6. Save & Deploy.

Done!

• When someone types epk.yourband.com, they’ll be redirected straight to:
  https://yourmusictools.com/epk/your-epk-name

• Because it’s handled by Cloudflare, it will also automatically work over HTTPS (with the padlock in the browser).

⚡ Tip: This is the easiest way to do it without running your own server.