Domain Redirect

What is a Domain Redirect?

The process of a domain redirect, also commonly known as domain forwarding or URL forwarding, lets you redirect visitors from one domain name to another. When someone enters a specific domain name into their web browser, domain forwarding automatically sends them to a different website or webpage.

While the term “domain redirect” can be used interchangeably with “domain forwarding”, there are some slight nuances between the two. The term "domain forwarding" is more commonly used by domain registrars and hosting providers to describe a feature that allows a domain owner to forward their domain URL to another URL. "Domain redirect" might be used more broadly to describe the HTTP status codes that are used for redirection, like 301 (permanent redirect) or 302 (temporary redirect), which tell browsers that the content has moved to a new location.

Example:

Our Dutch and Spanish websites, openprovider.es and openprovider.nl, automatically redirect to openprovider.com/es and openprovider.com/nl when you enter them into your browser.