Building the perfect website
Castos positions itself as a hosting platform built for growth. It supports unlimited podcast episodes on every plan, which is a strong selling point for creators who publish frequently. You also get distribution to all major directories, YouTube republishing, and audience analytics that include demographics, total listens, top episodes, and listening behavior data.
Castos does include a website option. You can set some basic branding elements and get your episode feed online without much effort. But the website feature is not where Castos invests its product energy, and that shows. Design controls are minimal, the page structure is rigid, and there is no real system for building additional content around your show.
For podcasters who want their website to actually work as a growth channel, Beamly fills that gap. It connects to Castos through RSS and keeps everything synced, so you do not lose any hosting features.
Where Castos falls short on the website side
Castos will design you a pre-built page with customizable colors, fonts, and cover art. Beyond that, the visual options are limited. You cannot easily add pages like episode collections, contact forms, testimonials, or resource hubs.
There is no full blog section, which means you cannot publish long-form content to attract search traffic. And you cannot customize the layout in meaningful ways. Different Castos sites tend to look very similar to each other, which makes it harder to stand out and build brand recognition. Compare that with what podcasters are building on dedicated platforms by browsing these podcast website examples.
If you want to add timestamps to your episodes, enable listener audio messages, set up a guest intake workflow, or integrate with marketing tools, those things are not available through the Castos website alone.
What changes when you add Beamly
Beamly imports your Castos episodes automatically and keeps syncing as you publish new ones. You get a proper website with a drag-and-drop page builder, so you can design each section of your site the way it needs to look.
The practical gains for Castos users usually come down to a few areas. You can create unlimited custom pages and a full blog to support search traffic. Every page, post, and episode has native SEO settings so you can target specific search intent. The audio player is fully customizable, and you can enable a sticky player that follows visitors across pages.
Beamly also handles things Castos simply does not offer on the website side: podcast review imports from Apple Podcasts and Podchaser, contact forms, subscribe buttons across 40+ platforms, listener voice messages, and integrations with Google Analytics, Mailchimp, ConvertKit, HubSpot, and more.
You can sell memberships, gate content behind paywalls, and offer digital products, all directly on your site with 0% transaction fees from Beamly.
How to connect Castos to Beamly
- Create a Beamly account and start a new website.
- Search for your podcast or paste your Castos RSS feed directly.
- Pick a template that fits your brand and publish.
- Customize your homepage, episode views, and navigation.
- Connect your domain and continue publishing from Castos as usual.
Every new episode syncs automatically, so your website stays current without manual imports.
