Everyone talks about domain forwarding but most people don’t necessity understand why this is necessary.
Today, we'll delve into a few key reasons why domain forwarding is essential.
1. Marketing Campaigns: Businesses often launch unique marketing campaigns with memorable domain names. Forwarding these domains to the main website ensures that users directed to them seamlessly land at the intended destination, enhancing campaign effectiveness.
2. Acquired Domains: Companies acquire additional domains for brand protection or after purchasing existing websites. By forwarding these acquired domains to the primary website, businesses consolidate web traffic and maintain control over their brand identity.
Now, let's explore how to set up domain forwarding specifically for GoDaddy domains.
Step 1 Log in to Godaddy
Visit the GoDaddy website, click on 'Sign In' in the upper right corner, and enter your credentials.
Once signed in, you'll be redirected to your dashboard page.
Step 2 Access Domain Management:
Scroll down to 'All Products and Services' under 'Domains' and select 'Manage All.'"
This will redirect you to the domain’s portfolio page
Step 3: Click on any domain of your choice:
This will redirect to to the domain settings page
Select product then connect domain.
Scroll down then type the domain you want to enter and click on Next button then finish to complete the redirection.
That’s it your redirection should work just fine. Remember sometimes it can take around 48 hours for the DNS changes to propagate.