There are a lot of ways to redirect website visitors from one domain/website to another. The so-called URL redirection is oftentimes recommended. In contrast to parking a domain, a URL forwarding is feasible only if the domain name in question is hosted. What this means in simple terms is that you could still open any content in case you have a direct link to it and you can create e-mail addresses or subdomains and use them. This type of feature has numerous practical uses - if you decide to switch your domain, you may redirect the site visitors, but the emails with the old one shall still be active in the event that you are making contact with clients or partners. If you have 2 identical sites and you want to rebuild one of them, you can forward the traffic to the other website so as to avoid losing potential customers, while you will still be able to access the administration area for the first website and improve it.
URL Redirector in Shared Hosting
The Hepsia Control Panel, supplied with our Linux shared hosting packages, features a URL redirection tool that will allow you to redirect any domain name or subdomain hosted inside your account to any URL - inside your account or a third-party one. Setting up a new redirection is extremely simple - you need to select a domain/subdomain and then input the URL it needs to be forwarded to. You could also forward a certain subfolder only. For instance, when you have your-domain.com and your-domain.com/es, you could redirect only the latter. The tool has advanced functions for more tech-savvy users too, like the option to choose the redirection type - 301 (permanent redirection) or 302 (temporary redirection), the redirection method - direct or match, and so forth. If you no longer need a redirection, you are able to deactivate it with a mouse click from the same section of the Control Panel.