How Do I Redirect My Godaddy Domain to Another Website?

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Domain Forwarding

Forwarding a domain redirects visitors to another website. Visitors will see the domain of the new website. To forward a domain, sign in to your GoDaddy account. Select your domain and access Domain Settings. Select Manage DNS to access the zone file. Set your preferred forwarding type. The options are permanent or temporary forwarding, and forward only or forward with masking. It takes 24-48 hours for domain forwarding changes to take effect.

Pointing Your Domain to a New Website

To point your GoDaddy domain to another website, you will need to change your DNS settings. Additionally, contact the other website to set up proper redirection. To point an external domain to GoDaddy Hosting, log into your GoDaddy account. Enter your hostname (e.g. mystore.godaddy.com) to point your domain.

To change nameservers for a domain, type the new nameserver in the ‘Content’ box then click ‘Update DNS’. Repeat for the second nameserver.

To point your domain, create an “A” record for your bare domain and a “CNAME” record for a subdomain. Click Save when complete.

Domain Connection and Verification

Connecting to a GoDaddy domain takes only a few moments. Domain names typically take 24-72 hours to register, and up to 72 hours for DNS Servers to replicate worldwide. To verify your GoDaddy domain ownership, go to your product page, select SSL Certificates, and click Manage for the certificate you want to verify.

You will be prompted to log into your GoDaddy account, where you can click the Connect button to complete connecting your GoDaddy domain to your WordPress.com site.

Sign up for a paid GoDaddy plan before connecting your domain. Note – it takes 30-45 minutes for data to propagate.

Canceling Domain Protection

To cancel Domain Protection, login to your GoDaddy account, click My Account, select Domains, and cancel paid protection plans.

Redirecting Your Domain

To redirect your domain name to another URL you need to create a URL record:

  1. Sign in to your account.
  2. From the side menu, choose Domains then My Domains
  3. Click on Manage next to the domain you wish to forward.
  4. From the middle menu, scroll down and choose ‘URL Redirect’.
  5. Enter the domain name you wish to redirect traffic from.
  6. Enter the URL that you wish to redirect traffic to.

The options are permanent or temporary forwarding, and forward only or forward with masking. It takes 24-48 hours for domain forwarding changes to take effect.

One of the most common ways of redirecting a domain is to use a 301 direct which is permanent.

Go to the Advanced DNS tab to check whether there are any conflicting records (A, CNAME, URL redirect records with different values but set for the same host).

To set up a redirect for the www version of your domain, you will need to create a CNAME record. This record will point the www subdomain to the new website.

The technique of hosting more than one domain/subdomain on a single IP address/host is called virtual hosts.

Cloudflare offers fast and powerful redirection features. You can easily set up domain redirects using Cloudflare by following their guide.

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