# How to add links to your YouTube channel

> YouTube lets you put links on your channel, and the first one shows right under your channel name. Here is how to add them, and how to send viewers from your videos and Shorts.

Source: https://bounley.com/guides/youtube-channel-links · Updated 2026-10-14 · By Doug McGuire, founder of bounley

**Short answer:** In YouTube Studio on a computer, open Customization, then the tab with your channel’s details; under Links choose Add link, enter a title and the address, and publish. The first link shows under your channel name, so put the one that leads to everything first.

## Adding links to your channel

1. Open **YouTube Studio** on a computer and choose **Customization**.

2. Open the tab with your channel’s details (labelled Basic info or Profile).

3. Under **Links**, choose **Add link**, then enter a title and the address, for example bounley.me/yourname.

4. Choose **Publish**.

You can add several links. The first one shows under your channel name with a count of the others, so put the one that leads to everything first. On a phone, the same settings are under your channel’s edit (pencil) button in the YouTube app, though the menus there change more often.

![A links page for a YouTube channel made with Bounley: a phone showing Nova Lane's page with her sunset album cover, Listen to Neon Hearts, Spotify, Apple Music, Tour dates, YouTube, Instagram and TikTok. Beside it: “Links for your YouTube channel”, the Bounley logo, bounley.me/novalane and bounley.com.](https://bounley.com/media/youtube-channel-links-page-bounley.webp)
*Links for your YouTube channel. Made with Bounley.*

![A link in bio for YouTubers made with Bounley: two phones, a creator's page in the Premiere look with his photo as the cover, and a podcast's page with its newest episode and YouTube. Beside it: “Link in bio for YouTubers”, the Bounley logo, bounley.me/rico and bounley.com.](https://bounley.com/media/link-in-bio-for-youtubers-bounley.webp)
*Link in bio for YouTubers. Made with Bounley.*

## How to find and share your YouTube channel link

Your channel has a short address made from your handle: **youtube.com/@yourhandle**. That’s the link to share and to put in your other bios.

- **In the YouTube app:** tap **You**, then **View channel**, then the menu (three dots) and **Share** to copy the link.

- **On a computer:** open your channel and copy the address from the browser bar, or find it in YouTube Studio under **Customization**, next to your handle.

Menus in the app move from time to time; your @handle address stays the same unless you change your handle. To send people to your channel from everywhere else, put that address on your own site and link the site from every bio.

## Links in video descriptions

Links in the descriptions of regular videos are clickable. Put your page near the top, where it shows before “more”, so viewers see it without expanding anything.

## Links and Shorts

Links in Shorts descriptions and comments aren’t clickable, so Shorts viewers find you through your channel. That makes your channel links, and the page they open, the main way a Shorts viewer goes anywhere else.

## The best link to put there: your own domain

yourname.com in your bio reads as a brand; a tool’s address, even bounley.me/yourname, reads as a tool. Your own domain is also the one link that never has to change: if you ever switch services, you point the domain somewhere new and every bio, card and old video still works. With Bounley Premium your site runs on your own domain, with an email address at it to match. See [how to use your own domain as your link in bio](https://bounley.com/guides/own-domain-link-in-bio).

## Bring the channel to your page

A Bounley page can play your newest YouTube video, Short or live stream automatically, so whoever arrives from another app sees what you just posted without leaving.

## Next steps

Add a business email to your channel’s About section so sponsors can reach you, ideally at your own domain: [how to get a professional email address](https://bounley.com/guides/professional-email-address). For sponsorship pitches, see [how to email brands](https://bounley.com/guides/email-brands-for-sponsorships).

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