How to setup your Hiyaly page

Start by picking the name you want after hiyaly.com/. You can type it on the homepage before you sign up, and it will be waiting for you when you get to the name step.

Pick something people can say out loud and spell from memory. If you already use a handle on Instagram or TikTok, using the same one makes you easier to find. Keep it short, skip extra numbers and underscores if you can, and avoid anything tied to a date or a single project.

• Your handle on other apps, if it's free
• Your name, or your name plus what you do
• Your shop or project name, for a brand page

Next, tell Hiya where you post. It works with Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and X. Hiya brings in your profile photo, your bio and the links you already share, tidies up the link titles and picks a theme that suits your feed. You look it over and say yes.

If you'd rather build it yourself, start with a blank page. Nothing is locked in either way. Everything Hiya adds is a normal block you can edit, move or delete.

A page is a stack of blocks. Add them in the editor and drag them into the order you want. Most people need three to six things on their page, not thirty. Put the one you care about most at the top.

• Links: anything with a URL, like your shop, newsletter or latest post
• Collections: a heading that groups links, like Tour dates or Recipes
• Video: YouTube, Vimeo and TikTok links play right on your page
• Photo grid: a few pictures of your work
• Notes: a line of text, like opening hours or a short update
• Social icons: a row of icons for the apps you're on
• Email signup: visitors leave their name and email
• Discount code: a code people can copy in one tap

Each link has a few options. A featured link shows larger, so it stands out from the rest. A schedule shows a link from one date and hides it after another, which is handy for a launch, a sale or an event. An animation adds a little movement, like a pulse or a shimmer, to draw the eye.

Use these sparingly. One featured link and one animation is plenty. If everything shouts, nothing does.

Open the design tab to pick a theme. Each theme sets the colours, fonts and button shapes in one go, and you can tweak them after. Add a sticker or two if it suits you. There are 103 to drag, spin and place anywhere.

Check the text is easy to read on your background, especially on a phone in bright light. A clear profile photo where your face or logo fills most of the frame works best at small sizes.

You can build your whole page and preview it on your phone before you pay. When you're happy, pick Pro to publish it, monthly or yearly, and your first 14 days are free with no card needed. After that, Pro is $8 a month per page, or $72 a year if you pay yearly. It puts your page live with unlimited links, sign-ups, messages and analytics for the last 90 days. It also covers removing Hiyaly branding, wallpapers, mailing list connections and pixels.

Each page has its own plan, so a second page for a side project is billed on its own. You can pay monthly for one and yearly for the other.

Copy your page link and paste it into the website or link field on each app you use. Our guides for Instagram and TikTok walk through the exact steps. Then add it anywhere else people find you: your email signature, YouTube channel, business cards and printed menus or flyers.

Once it's live, check your analytics after a week. You'll see which links get tapped and which ones don't. Move the popular ones up and cut what nobody uses.