How to use FastaSEO before your Showit website launches

Quick answer

FastaSEO reads from your site's sitemap, so your site needs to be live with a connected domain before it can be scanned. If your full site isn't ready yet, publish a simple coming soon page as your homepage — that's enough to get started.

How to fix it in Showit

1. Make sure your domain is connected to your Showit site. If you haven't done this yet, follow Showit's domain connection guide to point your domain to your Showit site

2. Publish at least a simple coming soon page as your homepage — this gives FastaSEO something to scan and gets your domain indexed by Google

3. Once your domain is connected and your coming soon page is live, add your site to FastaSEO

4. FastaSEO will scan your coming soon page and any other published pages on your site

5. As you build out your full site in Showit, publish each page when it's ready and run a fresh scan in FastaSEO to pick up the new content

6. Use the time before launch to fix SEO issues on your coming soon page and prepare your target keywords for each page you're building

7. When your full site is ready to launch, publish all your pages in Showit and run a full scan in FastaSEO to get your complete results

What's the issue

FastaSEO can't scan a site that isn't live — it needs a real URL with a connected domain and at least one published page to read from. You don't need your full site to be finished, but you do need your domain connected and something published at your homepage URL.

Why it matters

• Getting your domain live and your coming soon page published early has real SEO benefits — it means Google starts indexing your domain sooner. A domain that's been live for longer carries more trust with Google than a brand new one. Setting up FastaSEO before your full launch also means you can work through SEO issues as you build, rather than facing a long list of fixes after launch day.

What good looks like

Your domain is connected to Showit and your coming soon page is published and live. Your site is added to FastaSEO and scanning correctly. SEO issues are being fixed page by page as your site is built out.

How long this takes

Connecting your domain and publishing a coming soon page typically takes 20–30 minutes if your domain is already registered.