URL Forwarding allows you to use an easy-to-remember or different web address for your particular domain. When a web browser uses this different web address they are automatically directed to your primary website or domain by using the process of URL forwarding.

To Enable URL Forwarding utilize the following steps:

1. Log into your Name.com account.


2. Click on the 'Account' icon at the top of your page.


3. On your 'Account', click on the domain name that you want to manage.


4. On your 'Domain Management' page, click the 'URL Forwarding' link in your 'Control Panel' on the right side of your screen.


5. Be sure to read the requirements for URL Forwarding listed on this page. Click 'Enable URL Forwarding for YOURDOMAIN.COM'.


6. Enter the full web address to which you want to direct your domain name in the 'point to' field. This will include information such as 'http://'.

A good idea when doing this, to prevent any typos, is to visit the site you wish to forward your domain to in a separate browser. Take the address from the new browser, copy this address, and paste it into the 'point to' bar in your URL Forwarding window.

Please note: You cannot point to multiple URLs with one domain name using the URL forwarding tool.


7. Using the drop-down menu, choose 'Masked' or 'Redirect' forwarding.

Note that "Masked" forwarding will not indicate in the frame of a web browser that a user has moved from your domain to third party website. Redirect will.

8. Optional: Enter a 'Page Title', which will appear in the browser frame, and 'Meta Tags'.


9. Press 'Update'.
   

That’s it! Your URL forwarding setting has now been established.

Please make sure your domain name is using all four of our default name servers. If it is not, you must exchange the servers currently in place with our servers for URL forwarding to function properly.

Remember: Changing host servers will delay the start of URL forwarding by 24 hours.