What do I need to consider after an import to Podigee?
1. Examine the imported podcast
An import result is not a completed hosting change. Compare the source catalog with Podigee before you change the old feed.
- Compare the episode count, titles, dates, descriptions, and artwork.
- Make sure that no selected episode is missing or has a processing error. A source feed can contain fewer episodes than the old host's full catalog.
- Play the imported media files. Examine important episodes and files with errors separately.
- Compare the original episode GUIDs with the new feed. A GUID is the permanent episode identifier. Do not change it as part of a move.
- Examine any video, paid content, private feeds, or platform-specific content separately. An audio RSS import does not automatically include them.
Contact support before you continue if content is missing or identifiers differ.
2. Publish and test the destination feed
Examine the podcast's subdomain and settings before you share the new URL. Publish the podcast when its imported content is ready for public access. Copy the actual feed URL from Feeds. Do not copy an example URL from a help article.
Open the new feed and play its episode files before you change the old feed. Keep the old feed and files available during these checks.
3. Redirect the old feed
Set an HTTP 301 redirect at the old host, from the old RSS feed to the correct public Podigee feed. A website redirect is a different setting.
After you save it, open the old feed URL. Make sure that it leads to the correct new feed and that the episode files play. Contact your host or Podigee support to examine the HTTP 301 response and destination if you cannot do this.
Follow the old host's retention instructions. Apple's feed-change guidance gives a minimum of four weeks for its redirect process. Elapsed time alone does not show that every app has changed its feed.
Before you cancel old hosting, make sure that the necessary redirect will stay active and that your platform listings use the new feed. Save your source files and old reports first. Do not delete the old account or files merely because four or five weeks have passed.
4. Keep the existing platform listings
Use the existing Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other show listings. Do not send the same show as a new listing. A hosting move does not transfer ownership of a platform account.
In Exports, examine the saved Apple Podcasts ID and other platform URLs. Enter the existing show details where the connection offers this option. These fields give the web player its links. Saving a link alone does not change the platform's RSS feed.
For Spotify, follow the feed and host update procedure in Spotify for Creators. Examine the feed at other platforms and follow their instructions if it has not changed.
Open each existing show link. Make sure that old episodes still play and that the next published episode appears on that same listing. Contact the platform if you do not have the necessary account access.
5. Keep old statistics separately
The RSS import does not copy the old host's analytics into Podigee. Export those reports before you close the old account. Platform reports, such as Spotify reports, are separate and use the access available in that platform account.
Use Podigee for measurements recorded after the move. The date of the import alone does not mean that all listening traffic has changed to Podigee.