Redirecting a domain involves moving one website to another. It is an easy method of switching the domain name of a website without modifying the website’s content. Website owners who wish to migrate their website to a new domain or want to reroute traffic from one website to another can make advantage of the forwarding domain option. The procedure of forwarding a domain at GoDaddy is simple and only requires a few steps.
A feature that enables website owners to forward or redirect traffic from one website to another is a forwarding domain. For instance, you may use the forwarding domain option to route all traffic from an old website to a new website with a new domain name if you have an old website and wish to divert visitors to it. When you have many websites and want to direct visitors from one website to another, or when you want to migrate your website to a new domain, this is helpful.
With GoDaddy, domain forwarding is quick and simple, and the procedure is typically finished in less than 24 hours. The domain registrar and the DNS settings, among other things, may affect the actual time it takes for the forwarding to take effect. The forwarding may not always take effect for up to 48 hours.
Website forwarding is a helpful function that you may use if you want to relocate your website to a new domain or want to divert visitors from one website to another. Without losing any traffic or search engine rankings, it is a simple method of directing people to a new website. If you have many websites and wish to divert visitors from one to another, website forwarding can also be helpful.
Although the terms domain forwarding and redirect are sometimes used synonymously, they do not mean the same thing. Domain forwarding involves moving traffic from one website to another, whereas redirect involves moving traffic to a different URL. Alternatively put, domain forwarding is a particular kind of redirect, but not all redirects are domain forwarding. You essentially redirect traffic from one domain to another when you forward a domain.
You must do the following actions in GoDaddy to route a domain to another domain: To forward a domain, follow these steps:
1. Log into your GoDaddy account
2. Click the “Domains” tab and choose “Manage My Domains”
3. Click the domain you wish to forward
4. Scroll down to the “Forwarding” section and click “Add”
5. Select the sort of forwarding you want (301 or 302) and enter the URL of the domain you want to forward to. To complete the forwarding process, select “Save” on step 6. Depending on the rules of your domain registrar, it can take some time for the forwarding adjustments to take effect.