How to set up VeloCMS in 60 seconds
Go from zero to a live blog in under a minute — account creation, blog name, and your first post.
VeloCMS is designed to get you publishing in seconds, not hours. Here is the complete setup, start to finish, with no detours.
Step 1 — Create your account
Head to the pricing page, pick a plan (Pro is the most popular), and click Start Free Trial. You will be asked for your name, email, a password, and a blog name. The blog name becomes your subdomain — for example, a blog named "Jane Writes" will live at jane-writes.velocms.org. The slug is auto-generated from the name but you can edit it.
Step 2 — Verify your email
We send a verification link to the address you provided. Click it within 24 hours to confirm ownership. Your tenant is not created until verification — this prevents squatting on reserved slugs.
Verification emails come from [email protected]. If it is not in your inbox within 2 minutes, check the Promotions or Spam folder.
Step 3 — Complete checkout
After verification we redirect you to Stripe Checkout to start your 14-day free trial. A valid card is required — but you will not be charged until day 15. You can cancel anytime from the admin billing page and you pay nothing.
Step 4 — Write your first post
Once checkout completes you land on your admin dashboard. Click the big New Post button (or press the plus icon in the bottom-right). The editor supports slash commands — type / to insert headings, lists, code blocks, or AI-generated content. Save a draft or publish immediately.
Step 5 — Share your blog
Your blog is live at your subdomain (for example jane-writes.velocms.org) the moment you publish your first post. Content is served from Cloudflare's edge network — LCP usually lands under one second worldwide.
That is it. Five steps, about sixty seconds end-to-end, and you are a published writer.