I am getting ready to publish a site for a customer and have a couple questions.
They had one product and an associated website, say it was called 123.com. Then they developed a new product called ABC product. This product did not have a website, so the site that I have made for them has both of these products on one site.
They want to use the web address for their main site, 123.com but they also bought another domain name for their new product, so they would now like to have both domain names pointing to this new site.
So would I host the main domain name, then add the second domain name as a sub-domain?
Great. So in the page I linked to below, the following information answers your question. Note: You can’t point an additional custom domain or subdomain to a different page than your default domain.
Can I connect more than one domain to my project?
You can add as many domains and subdomains as you want. This is a good way to redirect your old domains to the new subdomain. Just make sure to set a default domain to ensure that all domains connected to this project are redirected to that URL. This is necessary to avoid being penalized by Google for having duplicate content on the web.
The entire project will be published to all domains and subdomains connected to that project. If you’ve set a default domain, the project will be published to that domain and all other domains will be redirected to the default URL.
Let us know if that resolves your issue or if you need more help. Have a great day.
Ok, I think this will help, but one more question:
The main domain is hosted at Network Solutions so I’ll go in there and redirect that domain to Webflow. THEN, do I go to the other domain name, which is hosted at Go Daddy, and also redirect that name to Webflow, then set up the subdomain in Webflow?
Hi Anette, I hope you managed to get both domains up without an issue.
This reply will mostly be aimed at any other business owner/developer looking to put up multiple domains. Since this project is hosted on Webflow, the solution is fairly straightforward. Firstly, be sure to set up a sitemap for all your sites so it can be crawled by Google’s bots and served on the results page
The good news is that you can in fact add as many domains and subdomains as you need. The only thing to be aware of is having duplicate content as Google could give you a penalty for this. The way around it would be to set up a default domain.
Another thing to note is to make sure your settings in your domain providers are correct. Things like setting up A records and CNAME records can be easily missed.
The rest of the solution could pretty much be found in this article. The link below is specifically for GoDaddy domains, so be sure to keep this in mind if you’re using a different domain provider.
