What is Web Forwarding

Included in the cost of the domain name.

Web forwarding, also known as domain forwarding or URL forwarding, allows you to direct one or more domain names to an existing website. This tool is useful for driving traffic to a primary website by redirecting various domain names (like misspellings, alternate extensions, abbreviations, or keywords) to a single web address.

There are two main options for web forwarding:

Forwarding with masking (Cloaking Forwarding): This option keeps the domain name that was originally typed in the browser's address bar, preventing visitors from seeing the forwarded-to domain name.
Forwarding as 301/redirect (HTTP/301 Forwarding): This is the most popular option. It shows the change in the browser's address bar, displaying the forwarded-to site's address.

Setting up forwarding on a domain name

To set up web forwarding for a domain name you've registered with us, follow the steps below:

Log in to your account.
Select View All Domains.
Select the domain name for which you would like to add web forwarding.
Select Web Forwarding in the Quick Overview section.
Select Enable Web Forwarding and choose the web forwarding option you want to use from the drop down menu.
Enter the URL you want the domain to point to (https://exampledomain.com) in the Redirect URL text box.
Select Submit.

NOTES:
You can only set up URL forwarding for a domain using our default name servers which includes internal Cloudflare name servers (Secure Web Accelerator). If you choose to use our nameservers, please note that the nameservers will be updated. Your existing DNS records will not be transferred over, and you may experience disruption with your domain and/or 3rd party services as a result. Web forwarding cannot be enabled using 3rd party name servers.

Forwarding or Redirecting issues

Common reasons for forwarding or redirecting issues include:

Insufficient time for domain propagation (which can take up to 48 hours).
The domain has not been added to a name server. See Managing Name Server Records.
The domain is forwarding from HTTPS which requires an SSL certificate for the HTTPS protocol to work.
- External SSL Certificates cannot be installed to resolve this issue which includes SSL Certificates purchased through 101domain.
- The alternative solution that will allow you to forward from HTTPS as intended is Cloudflare's Secure Web Accelerator (SWA). SWA is a content delivery network that applies an SSL at the name server level while proxying your DNS records for enhanced security at the same time.
If you are forwarding your domain name, make sure you have set it up correctly.
If none of the above issues are the problem, please Contact our Support Team.