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Redirect Supply vs GoDaddy domain forwarding: Keep your domain, upgrade your redirects
GoDaddy's built-in forwarding sends a whole domain to one address, as a 301, a 302, or a masked redirect. That's enough for parking a spare domain. When pages on your old site need to land on their exact replacements, Redirect Supply takes over the redirects while your domain stays registered at GoDaddy, with path rules, wildcards, and analytics included.
Redirect Supply vs GoDaddy forwarding: what changes when you switch
Decision factor
Redirect Supply
GoDaddy forwarding
Choose based on
What it redirects
Every page of your old domain, each to its exact new URL
The whole domain to one destination
Whether your old pages have new addresses
Page-level redirects
Path rules, wildcards, and a global fallback
Domain-level forwarding only
A redesign or rebrand almost always changes URLs
Analytics
See how much traffic each old domain still gets
No redirect traffic data
Knowing when it's safe to let an old domain go
Multiple domains
All your domains in one dashboard, wherever they're registered
Domains at GoDaddy, managed in its domain settings
Whether your domains are spread across registrars
Where your domain lives
Stays at GoDaddy; you only update DNS records
At GoDaddy
You don't have to transfer anything
Best fit
Rebrands, migrations, and studios managing client domains
Pointing a spare domain to your homepage
If more than one URL needs to go somewhere specific, Redirect Supply
Why Redirect Supply
Choose Redirect Supply for redirects that stay out of your way. Every old URL lands on the right page, every domain runs on HTTPS, and nothing breaks when your website moves.
GoDaddy forwarding or Redirect Supply? The short answer
Keep GoDaddy forwarding if one domain simply needs to point to one page and you don't need to know who uses it.
Switch to Redirect Supply if you're rebranding, moving to a new site, or managing several domains. Old pages land on their exact replacements, you see the traffic, and your domain stays registered at GoDaddy. The free plan covers your first domain.
For anything beyond a parked domain, that makes it a Redirect Supply job.
FAQs
Questions about GoDaddy forwarding and Redirect Supply
Do I need to move my domain away from GoDaddy?
No. Your domain stays registered at GoDaddy. You only change a few DNS records in GoDaddy's DNS settings so the redirects are handled by Redirect Supply. Follow the DNS setup guide step by step.
Does GoDaddy domain forwarding support HTTPS?
GoDaddy says HTTPS forwarding is now available on all forwarded domains. If https:// links to your forwarded domain still show a certificate error, check the forwarding settings or use a redirect service like Redirect Supply, which issues an SSL certificate for every connected domain automatically.
Can GoDaddy forward individual pages to different URLs?
GoDaddy's forwarding works at the domain level: the domain goes to one destination. To send old.com/services to new.com/work and old.com/blog/* somewhere else, you need path-level redirects, which Redirect Supply includes on every paid plan.
What's the difference between forwarding and forwarding with masking?
Standard forwarding sends visitors to the new address and shows it in the browser. Masking keeps the old domain in the address bar and loads the destination inside it, which confuses search engines and can hurt SEO. Read more about URL masking.
Is GoDaddy forwarding free?
Yes, forwarding is included with a GoDaddy domain. Redirect Supply also has a free plan for 1 domain with a catch-all redirect, automatic HTTPS, and analytics. Page-level rules start at $6 a month billed yearly. See pricing.
How do I set up Redirect Supply with a GoDaddy domain?
Add your domain in Redirect Supply and copy the DNS records it shows. In GoDaddy, turn off any existing forwarding first, since it adds its own records, then enter the new ones. Your redirects go live once DNS propagates.
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Daniel Kouba
Founder of FREAKS
Vojtech Elias
Reflektor Studio
