{"id":24486,"date":"2022-02-02T14:37:33","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T14:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/domains-what-is-domain-forwarding-or-pointing\/"},"modified":"2023-04-19T07:38:55","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T07:38:55","slug":"domains-what-is-domain-forwarding-or-pointing","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/domains-what-is-domain-forwarding-or-pointing\/","title":{"rendered":"Domains: What is Domain forwarding or Pointing ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This article provides you with information regarding domain forwarding or pointing.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib aligncenter\" style=\"width: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33042451873\/original\/6lR3CT3rhdnMS_b1RsISoenAh58VZSEoEA.png?1592981957\" data-attachment=\"[object Object]\" data-id=\"33042451873\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Domain forwarding or pointing is the rerouting of a domain name to another web address. You can point any domain name you own to any other domain name of your choice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For example, We have pointed the address<\/span> <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.1-grid.co.za\" rel=\"noreferrer\">www.1-grid.co.za<\/a><\/strong> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">to our website<\/span> <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.1-grid.com\" rel=\"noreferrer\">www.1-grid.com<\/a><\/strong>. <span style=\"color: #000000;\">This is considered a URL redirect or forwarder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Thus any requests for your domain name will be automatically forwarded to any website address of your choice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\"><strong>How to set up Domain forwarding \/ Redirect?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/customer-zone-how-to-add-domain-redirect-forwarder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Customer Zone: How to add Domain redirect\/forwarder?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/cpanel-how-to-setup-a-websiteurl-forwarder-redirect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cPanel: How to setup a website(URL) forwarder\/redirect\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/plesk-adding-a-domain-forwarder-domain-redirect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Plesk: Adding a Domain Forwarder\/Domain Redirect<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\"><strong>How to set up Domain pointing via IP address?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/cpanel-how-to-point-a-domain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cPanel: How to point a Domain\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article provides you with information regarding domain forwarding or pointing. Domain forwarding or pointing is the rerouting of a domain name to another web address. You can point any domain name you own to any other domain name of your choice. 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