Overcast, Pocket Casts, Breaker, Castro, Listen Notes, and others all scrape the iTunes director. In the podcasting world, your Apple Podcasts account is your key to many of the other directories. You also won’t be able to access your Apple Podcast stats because of this. On their website, Anchor promises to automatically 'distribute your podcast to Apple Podcasts.' But it's not truly automatic they're submitting to Apple using their Apple account!Īnchor submits your show to iTunes/Apple Podcasts through their own account, which means you don’t “own” your show’s listing in the biggest podcast directory in the world. This typically means signing up for a new Apple ID, and waiting 5-8 days for Apple to review your submission. One of the hardest parts about starting a new show is you need to manually submit it to Apple Podcasts. Want to use your custom domain name ()? Anchor doesn't support custom domains, but Transistor does! 🙌 Anchor's Apple Podcasts submission cheat You can collect email signups right from your podcast's homepage and episode pages. This is what users like Komal are doing.įurthermore, websites hosted on Transistor can integrate with your email newsletter (MailChimp, Drip, and ConvertKit).

Or, you can self-host your podcast on your own website, using our embeddable player. This is what Alexis Ohanian did for his Business Dad podcast (above). You can host your website on Transistor, with our built-in CMS. Transistor supports multiple podcasts on one account (you don't need to pay for creating additional shows)īetter customer support (we answer live chat!)īetter user experience, a simpler interfaceĪffordable private podcasting, that offers advanced features like email notification when you publish a new episodeĪffordable dynamic audio insertion (available on our $49+ plans) Most people switch to Transistor from Anchor for one of the following reasons: Now, I have two more podcast ideas I want to try out.' Why people switch to Transistor for podcast hosting I just migrated my Anchor podcast over to Transistor. The main reason I switched to Transistor was the ability to host multiple podcasts. 'I originally created a podcast on Anchor. Generally, folks switch for these reasons: the ability to start and manage multiple podcasts from one account, more detailed analytics, better customer support, and the ability to create private podcasts. Many people start their podcast on Anchor, but later want to upgrade to a more professional solution.

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