Get your show on Amazon Music without losing an afternoon.

If you have never submitted a feed to a podcast directory before, do not worry. Amazon Music's submission flow is one of the friendlier ones out there. The whole thing is a single web form, and you can do it in a quiet afternoon with a cup of coffee. Read through once, then go do it.

1. Find your RSS URL inside Hearthcast. Open your dashboard and look for the feed link next to your show. It is the long https://... URL that ends in .xml. That is the one Amazon wants — copy the whole thing, including the https://. (It is the same link you would paste into Spotify, Apple, or anywhere else — one feed, every podcast app.)
2. Open Amazon Music for Podcasters. Go to podcast.amazon.com and sign in with any Amazon account — the regular shopping account is fine. A Prime membership is not needed for submission; any free Amazon account works.
3. Tap Add your podcast (or + New podcast). Amazon will ask whether you already have an RSS feed or need to create one. Choose the path where you already have a feed — that is the one for Hearthcast shows.
4. Paste your RSS URL. When Amazon asks for the feed link, paste the long https://…xmlURL you copied in step one. Amazon will pull your show's name, description, and cover art straight from the feed, so you should not have to retype anything.
5. Confirm the show details. The form shows the title, description, category, and cover art that Amazon pulled from your feed. Copy these straight from your public Hearthcast show page so the listing matches what listeners see when they find you on the web. The category picker is a free-text field — pick the one that fits; you can change it later without re-submitting.
6. Tell Amazon about yourself. Name, email, country — straightforward creator fields. Nothing here is shown to listeners directly.
7. Hit Submit. That's it. Amazon sends a confirmation email within a few minutes. Normal review takes a couple of days, occasionally longer — a quick daily check on the email address you used is the easiest way to know you have been approved. You do not need to do anything while you wait.
8. Once approved, the show goes live on Amazon Music. New episodes you publish in Hearthcast after that point get picked up automatically — Amazon refreshes the index from your feed on its own schedule. You do not need to re-submit each episode.
9. What you do not need to worry about.Editing a description, moving a category, swapping cover art — Amazon's dashboard handles all of it later, and Hearthcast will start using the new details the next time the feed refreshes. There is no penalty for going back and tweaking.

Questions a first-timer hits

A short list of the things newcomers ask most. If yours is not here, the door at the bottom of the page goes straight to a human.

Do I need an Amazon Prime account to submit?

No. Any free Amazon account works — the same one you would use to shop or read Kindle. A Prime membership is not needed for podcast submission or for listeners to find your show.

How long does Amazon take to approve my show?

Usually a day or two, sometimes up to a week. Amazon does not push status updates outside the confirmation email, so a quick daily check on the address you submitted with is the easiest way to know you have been approved. If a week passes with no email, the human at the bottom of this page can help.

Is this the same RSS feed I paste into Spotify and Apple?

Yes — one feed serves every directory. The long https://…xml URL inside Hearthcast is the only thing you need to paste into Amazon, Spotify, Apple, and any other podcast app. They all read from the same feed.

What about the cover art? Are there size rules?

Amazon pulls the cover straight from your RSS feed. The image you upload in Hearthcast is what listeners see — keep it square and at least 1400×1400 pixels for the crispest result.

What if a show with my name already exists on Amazon?

Use Amazon's claim flow during submission — it walks you through verifying you own the existing listing. If the flow stalls, the human at the bottom of this page can guide you through it.

Do I have to re-submit every time I publish an episode?

No. As long as you publish through Hearthcast, the new episode reaches Amazon Music on its own as part of the same feed.

That's the whole process. If you would rather watch a human walk through it with you, the door is below.