There are many ways to forward website visitors from one domain/website to another. The so-called URL redirection is oftentimes preferred. In contrast to parking a domain name, a URL forwarding can be done only if the domain name in question is hosted. What this means basically is that you may still open any content if you have a direct link to it and you could create email addresses or subdomains and use them. This kind of feature has several practical uses - if you want to switch your domain address, you may forward the site visitors, but the e-mail messages with the old one shall still be active in case you are getting in touch with customers or partners. In case you have 2 identical sites and you intend to rebuild one of them, you may redirect the visitors to the other website in order to prevent losing potential customers, while you'll still be able to access the administrator area for the first website and develop it.

URL Redirector in Cloud Hosting

The Hepsia CP, which comes with our cloud plans, provides a URL redirection tool that will permit you to forward any domain or subdomain hosted in your account to any URL - in your account or a third-party one. Setting up a new redirection is quite uncomplicated - you need to pick a domain/subdomain and then enter the URL it has to be redirected to. You may also forward a specific subfolder only. For instance, when you have your-domain.com and your-domain.com/es, you may forward just the latter. The tool has sophisticated functions for more tech-savvy users also, including the feature to select the redirection type - 301 (permanent redirection) or 302 (temporary redirection), the redirection method - direct or match, and so forth. If you no longer need a redirection, you can disable it with a click from the very same section of the CP.