DOMAIN SERVICES
Enable or maintain these functions with the Domain Manager
 

► URL Forwarding
(Point domains to an existing web page or web site)

Domain forwarding is a service that is available with your domain registration. It allows you to redirect visitors to another website (that you own) when they type your domain name in the browser address field.

Banner-free forwarding to the URL of your choice is a service at DomainsNext.com. Your domain will be hosted on our servers, and typing your domain in a web browser will pull up the URL you specify. You can use a standard URL such as http://www.domain.com/test.html, or an IP address in the following format: http://12.12.13.256. It will take less than 24 hours for your forwarding to propagate throughout the internet. You may change your forwarding destination at any time through the management control panel by clicking on Domain Forwarding.

To set up domain forwarding

1.Click Manage, and log in to your account.
2.Beside the domain that you want to redirect, click Domain Forwarding.
3.In the URL field, enter the address of the destination website.
You can specify the URL, for example, http://www.yourcompany.com/yourexamplesite.html, or you can specify the IP address, for example, http://12.34.56.789.
4.Click Enabled to implement domain forwarding.
5.If you do not want your website address to appear in the browser address field, select Masked from the drop-down list. When visitors type your domain name in the browser address field, they are sent to your website, but they still see your domain name in the address field. If you do want the website address (the destination) to be displayed in the address field, ensure that Masked is not selected.
6.Optionally, in the Title field, enter the text that you want to appear in the browser title bar.
7.Optionally, in the Description field, enter a short description of your website.
8.Optionally, in the Keywords field, enter some descriptive words that a visitor might use when searching for your website. Separate each word or phrase with a comma.
9.Click Save.
Please allow 24 to 48 hours for your change to propagate throughout the Internet.

Please be aware that using for our URL Forwarding services requires updating your domain's Nameservers to ns1.shopco.com and ns2.shopco.com.

To remove domain forwarding

1.Click Manage, and log in to your account.
2.Beside the domain whose domain forwarding you want to remove, click Domain Forwarding.
3.Ensure that Enabled is not selected.
4.Optionally, in the URL field, delete the address of the destination website.
5.Click Save.

► Email Forwarding
(Forward email to an existing address)

Email forwarding is a very useful feature which allows you to have email addresses at your domain. For example sales@yourdomain.com, info@yourdomain.com etc. All mail received at these addresses will be automatically forwarded to a SINGLE existing email address e.g. youraccount@hotmail.com. This feature can make your email address look far more professional. With email forwarding you send and receive email in the same way that you always have.

• Register a domain name and sign up for email forwarding and you will get your own personalized email with up to 10 different Emails per domain.  
• Friends, family and customers will be able to find you with an easy to remember e-mail address like (steve@johnsonengineering.com, or mom@evansfamily.com).
• Send and receive e-mail using any Web browser or any of your favorite e-mail programs (Outlook™AOL, Hotmail ,Eudora™, etc.).
• With our forwarding feature, mail sent to your new email address will be forwarded to your existing email accounts. For example, send a message to steve@johnsonengineering.com and it will be sent to info@workaddress.com.

Please be aware that using for our Email Forwarding services requires updating your domain's Nameservers to ns1.shopco.com and ns2.shopco.com.

To activate email forwarding:

1.  Click Manage, and log in to your account.
2.  Beside the domain whose email you want to forward, click Email Forwarding. Any existing email forwards are displayed at the top of the page.
3.  In the Add email forward field, simply enter the email prefix in the box to the left of the domain you wish to forward from.
4.  In the Forwards to email field, enter the address to which you want the email sent.
5.  Click Save.
6.  After adding an email you can continue to add up to 10 total emails for that domain.
Please allow 24-48 hours for your email to begin forwarding. 

To remove email forwarding

1. Click Manage, and log in to your account.
2. Beside the domain whose email you want to forward, click Email Forwarding. Any existing email forwards are displayed at the top of the page.
3. Beside the email forward that you want to remove, click remove.
Please allow 24-48 hours for email to stop forwarding to that address.

►Transfer Lock (Registration Lock)
(Secure against unauthorized changes)

A "domain hijacking" is when someone transfers your domain to another registrar without your approval. These fraudulent transfers are done in an attempt to gain ownership of your domain. When our Transfer Lock service is active, hijacking a domain is impossible. Only disable the Transfer Lock from your domains if you would like to transfer to another ICANN accredited registrar. The Transfer Lock Service is FREE, and is included with all of our domain registrations. This extra security will help prevent unauthorized transfer requests and more.

To lock a domain

1.Click Manage, and log in to your account.
2.Beside the domain name, click Transfer Lock.
3.In the Domain Locking drop-down list, choose Enabled, and then click Save.

The auth code is a unique combination of characters, similar to a password, that is used to show verifiable proof of ownership of a domain. If you are transferring a domain to another service provider, you must supply the auth code to that provider to show that you have the authority to transfer the domain. The auth code can only be generated by the owner of the domain.

►Contact Privacy
(Secure your Identity)

Did you know that every domain you have ever registered has 'WHOIS' information publicly posted for anyone and everyone to see? This service maintains your personal privacy for your online identity. Contact Privacy hides your identity (address, phone number, email address) when a WHOIS lookup is done on your domain name. When you register or renew your domain, you can add the contract privacy service for your domain name.   Please note: Contact Privacy is not available for .US domain name registrations.

You can enable and disable Contact Privacy by editing the contact information.

To edit contact information

1.Click Manage, and log in to your account.
2.Beside the domain whose contact information you want to change, click Contacts.
3.Click Use contact privacy to hide your identity (address, phone number, email address) when a WHOIS lookup is done on your domain name.
4.Click Save.

What is 'WHOIS' Information?
When you register a domain; the Registrant, Admin, Billing, and Technical contact information is collected by the Registrar and posted publicly for anyone to see. This is your 'WHOIS' information. Government and ICANN regulations require all domain holders to submit WHOIS information which is then collected and displayed in a public 'WHOIS' database!

WHOIS databases are specific to each registrar. If you registered the domain name properly, it will show in our WHOIS database immediately. It will show in the InterNIC central database 24-48 hours later, but might not ever display in another registrar's database. That doesn't mean someone else can register the name, the name record is still taken, but it might not show you as the owner. Your best bet is always to look up a domain at the registrar of record. To find out who the registrar is for a name, go to http://www.internic.net/whois.html.

 
► Renew Your Domains
(Extend registration term up to 10 years)

Make sure your domains are renewed with our new Auto Renewal option. Domains that are about to expire and have the Auto Renew option checked, will be renewed automatically for a period of 1 year. The actual renewal will take place 30 days prior to the domain's expiration date. This allows us plenty of time to correct any charging issues such as expired credit card or credit card processing failure. This gives us valuable time to help avoid lost domains. A renewal notification will be emailed to the address in your account. Renewals will be billed to the credit card you have on file. If the credit card information is invalid or has been declined, you will receive an email with an opportunity to update the payment information.

If you do not wish to renew any of your domains, and you do not want to receive renewal emails, you can stop the emails from being sent, and your domain will expire at the end of its term. Just disable the auto-renewal for your domain name.

Take advantage of the same low rates for domain renewal.  Current registration term plus additional years cannot exceed 10 years.

► DNS Services
(Manage A records,  CName,  MX, etc.)

Host your domains directly on our servers. With DNS Service you can manage A, CNAME, and MX records. Just click on DNS for your domain name.

Using our DNS services requires that you update the Nameservers for your domain name to ns1.shopco.com and ns2.shopco.com.

NOTE- If you simply need to update your nameserver records for your Hosting Company or ISP, please click on the DNS link in the Manage section.

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