First, let’s check what Domain Forward is and why you would need it.
Domain Forwarding is closer to a 301/302 redirect however, it can only redirect to a page or a subdomain.
For example, with newdomain.com being forwarded to domain.com, subdomains will also be redirected straight to their counterpart’s webpage. This means that newdomain.com will redirect to domain.com, and newdomain.com/contact-us will redirect to domain.com/contact-us. Similarly, blog.newdomain.com will redirect to blog.domain.com.
Let’s see how to add a Domain Forward with us:
Step 1. Log in to your WPX account
You can log in to your WPX account here.
Step 2. Navigate to the Domains menu
You can either use the My Services (1) → Domains (2) menu option or scroll down and see the list of your domains. You’ll see the Manage domain (3) button, which will take you to the page required for the next steps.
You’ll land on the following page which shows many details about the domain you’ve selected to manage. Here you need to select a Domain Forwarding option:
Now you need to select from the dropdown menu(1) http:// or https”// and fill in the domain(2) that you want your selected domain (in our case wpxexample.net) and all subdomains to be forwarded to:
Then you need to select a Save Changes button and that’s it. You’ve successfully added a Domain forward!
Here are a few important notes on Domain Forwarding:
- Using Domain Forwarding, you can redirect your domain to a certain page; newdomain.com could forward to domain.com/newpage if you so choose.
- Domain Forwarding is also SEO-friendly and highly recommended if you have moved your website to a new domain.
- If WPX is not your domain registrar, then you must set up Domain Forwarding with your current domain registrar.
- Some domain registrars offer Domain Forwarding with masking, but not many do so.
- With Domain Forwarding, it’s possible to use a mail service however, this is not possible with WPX Hosting. You will have to hire a 3rd party mail service and contact us to set its DNS records correctly.
- If we are your domain registrar, keep in mind that not all options are available within the Domains menu on your Hosting Dashboard. If you need something to be set specifically, all you have to do is to contact our Support Team with your request.
- Note that this option also does NOT consume a hosting slot in your account.
If you have any other questions on the topic, don’t hesitate to contact the WPX Support Team via live chat (use the bottom right-hand widget) and they will respond and help within 30 seconds or less.