Want visitors of your domain name to land on another website? Then set up a redirect. For your whole domain name, or just a part of it. For example from your old domain name to your new one.
Create a redirect
Step 1: Open your domain name in the dashboard and click the Redirects tab.
Step 2: Under Domain, enter your domain name or a subdomain of it. Under Type, choose 301, 302 or iframe. More about the types below.
Step 3: Under Target URL, enter the website your visitors should go to. Start it with https:// or http://. Then click the check mark to save the redirect.
Need another redirect? Fill in the next row.
Domain name or subdomain?
A redirect works for exactly the address you enter. Want to redirect your whole domain name, say yourdomain.com? Then create two redirects: one for yourdomain.com and one for www.yourdomain.com.
Only a subdomain, like shop.yourdomain.com? Then enter just that subdomain. Add www.shop.yourdomain.com too if you need it. You decide which redirects you need.
Which type should you choose?
- 301: a permanent redirect. Use it when you move for good.
- 302: a temporary redirect. Use it when you'll switch back later.
- iframe: visitors see the other website in a frame, but your domain name stays in the address bar. Because of the SSL security (https) of the other website, this doesn't always work well. So we don't recommend it.
Good to know
- Give it time. A new redirect can take up to 24 hours to work everywhere. The DNS change of your domain name needs that time to spread over the internet.
- DNS management must be on. If it's off, the tab tells you. Click Enable DNS management first.
- Domain name registered elsewhere? Then its DNS has to point to us too. Read how to make your external domain work with our services.
- Redirects and https: your redirects also work with https. We arrange the SSL certificate for you. Read more about redirects and https.
