Domain Redirection

[B&W]

Hi all,

 

I`m not too familiar with the technical part of registration of domains and would like to ask -

is it possible to have a working domain which is not pointing to any DNS servers, but only redirects to a given url?

 

I have tried such configuration on Windows Server OS and it worked fine for me,

but why in that case the hosting companies always tell me that if the hosting plan itself does

not support Addon domains it`s impossible to bind a new domain to an existing subdomain without upgrading the hosting plan ?

 

Thank you

[Wizard]

We support Addon domains, so I don't think you have to worry.

[B&W]

Thank you Wizard,

I`ll probably use this feature,

 

however - I meant in general - even if the hosting doesnt allow addon domains ... is there really a problem - I dont understand if a domain can be redirected to any URL why should the domain company care if the user`s hosting supports Addon domains or not.

 

In example if I have hosting from company "A" and have a subdomain "sub.domain.com" hosted there,

why would the domain seller (company "B") be interested if A supports Addons, after they can only redirect the domain to the given URL and nothing else.

[Wizard]

Url redirection allows the browser to visit whatever url you pointed it to, however, the url displayed by the browser would be the redirected url.

For example, if foo.com redirects to bar.com/subdirectory, you would see bar.com/subdirectory in the browser.

 

With Addon domains, you will see foo.com in the browser since there is no redirection.

 

This is a simplified explanation of what the end user sees. For explanations of the backend (what the actual difference is), go Google it.

[B&W]

Thank you once again - that`s what I wanted - simplified explanation at abstract level.

 

Greatly appreciated!