Important difference
Geotrackable does not generate the alternate branded URL for you.
This page explains how to do it anyway when your group wants its own outward-facing domain on the printed item or handout.
Documentation
Run Geotrackables Behind Your Own Domain
A club, troop, family event, class, or outdoor program can print its own domain on cards, tags, and QR labels, then forward that path into Geotrackable without giving up the route story or the export path.
Why people do this
Your own domain keeps the printed experience under your control.
Some groups want every trail card, classroom handout, launch sheet, or event tag to show their own domain first instead of printing Geotrackable directly on the item.
That can make the printed piece feel more like part of the club, troop, school, or event itself, and it gives the organizers one URL they can change later without reprinting every tag already in the wild.
It also means people are not trapped on our domain just because they once printed it on a batch of items. The printed address can stay yours even if the backend changes later.
We want people to stay because Geotrackable is useful, not because the printed URL locks them in.
Three practical patterns
These are the usual ways groups place Geotrackables behind their own URLs.
Public journey redirect
Use your own club, event, or classroom URL when you want the printed address to open the public Geotrackable page for browsing, photos, and the visible route story.
yourdomain.example/fox-coin -> /trackable/{publicCode}
Finder-only handoff redirect
Use your own private redirect when the person holding the item should land on the secret short-code route or the one-time private scan route instead of the public page.
yourdomain.example/found/fox-coin -> /trackable/{secretCode or private token}
Future move without reprinting
Keep the outward-facing URL under your own domain today so you can still change the destination later if your troop, club, or event eventually runs the workflow somewhere else.
your printed tag keeps your URL even if the backend changes later
Public storytelling and private handoff should stay separate
If your redirect is meant for a public page, forward to the public trackable route and keep that address safe for flyers, posts, and printed campaign pages.
If your redirect is meant for the person physically holding the item, treat it like the secret code or the private scan link itself. Do not post that address publicly just because your own domain sits in front of it.
Exports and migration stay available
Because the outward-facing printed URL can stay under your control, you can export your data when you want it and move the later version of the experience without abandoning every card, sticker, or tag already in the field.
That does not mean Geotrackable is temporary. It means the relationship stays voluntary, and that is exactly how we want it.
Related pages
Stable routes still matter
Use the documented Geotrackable routes as the destination behind your redirect, keep public and secret destinations clearly separated, and test the finished QR or printed tag before you release a big batch.