Domains & DNS : Forwarded Domains No Longer Recommended

Important Notice about Domain Forwarding

Domain owners may wish to forward one domain to another, expecting visitors to seamlessly land on their primary website. Unfortunately, as of 2023, this no longer works as expected.

Why not?

Modern browsers (Chrome, Edge, Safari, etc.) expect every website to have a security certificate (SSL). Forwarded domains don't support SSL certificates, causing visitors to see security warnings, errors, or messages indicating the site may be unsafe.

What does this mean for you?

• Your website hosted by AgentWebsite does include a free SSL certificate, ensuring visitors have a safe, secure browsing experience.
• Forwarded domains, however, do not have SSL certificates. This means domain forwarding will lead to browser warnings and confusion for your visitors.

What should you do instead?

We strongly recommend directing all traffic directly to your primary domain. This ensures visitors have a safe, secure, and smooth browsing experience without encountering confusing warnings.

Forwarded Domain Error Examples

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