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Moving from Buzzsprout

Set up the feed redirect that sends your Buzzsprout listeners to Pod Promo.

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This guide covers one step of your move: telling Buzzsprout to forward your old feed to Pod Promo.

Do this after your episodes have finished importing into Pod Promo. Not there yet? Start with the full migration guide.

Before you start

  • Finish your import on Pod Promo and check that every episode made it. Import before you redirect — a redirected feed is harder to import from.
  • Download your analytics from Buzzsprout. Stats don’t transfer between hosts.
  • Copy your new Pod Promo feed URL. It looks like https://podpromo.ai/your-show-slug/feed.xml — you’ll find it on your show’s Distribution page.

Set up the redirect

  1. Log in to Buzzsprout and open Podcast Settings.
  2. Open the Cancel/Redirect Podcast tab.
  3. Choose the Redirect Your Podcast Feed option (sometimes labeled Redirect and downgrade).
  4. Buzzsprout will walk you through backing up your podcast first — follow along.
  5. Paste your Pod Promo feed URL into the Your new feed URL field.
  6. Check the confirmation box.
  7. Click Redirect RSS Feed and Downgrade to the Buzzsprout Free Plan.

The redirect is live within a couple of minutes.

That long button name is good news: Buzzsprout automatically drops you to their free plan at the end of your billing cycle, and the redirect keeps working on it. You stop paying, the redirect stays up.

After the redirect is live

  • Check it worked. Paste your old Buzzsprout feed URL into a web browser. It should forward you to your Pod Promo feed.
  • Update the big directories by hand too — Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube Music, and Amazon Music. The main migration guide shows you where.
  • Keep the free Buzzsprout account — don’t delete it. Buzzsprout recommends staying at least three weeks, and since the free plan costs nothing, leaving it in place forever is the safest move.
  • Host more than one show on Buzzsprout? Each one needs its own redirect.

Questions?

The full walkthrough — including the directory checklist — lives in Migrate your podcast to Pod Promo.