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How to use your existing website name / URL with your MassageBook website

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If you have an existing website address or URL that you want to point to your MassageBook website, you can make this change within your current website hosting platform. A domain forward simply tells Google and other search engines that the website address has changed, and all traffic should be routed to the new address. This allows you to keep your existing website address that you may have previously published on business cards, marketing material, etc. while still driving clients to book online via your newly designed MassageBook website. 

When forwarding your domain, it is very important that you enter the correct MassageBook website address for promoting your website. Using the correct website address ensures that new clients coming to your site are not considered MassageBook referrals. 

You can locate it by navigating to your:  Business tab  Setup  Business Details section. Scroll down until your see your MassageBook website address. It looks like this: https://www.massagebook.com/therapists/yourbusinessname?src=external. 

Be sure to include the https, therapists, and ?src=external portions of the URL when forwarding your domain. 
Note: Domain Masking is not supported with your MassageBook website.

We've included some steps from popular web hosting services, but we strongly recommend that you contact the Help Center for your hosting provider should you need assistance with forwarding your domain. They will be able to provide you with the most up-to-date information in the event their publicly available information has changed. 

  • GoDaddy 
  • Bluehost 
  • 1 and 1 
  • namecheap 
  • Squarespace 
  • InMotion

Forwarding your GoDaddy domain to MassageBook

  1. Log in to your GoDaddy Domain Control Center.
  2. Select your domain to access the Domain Settings page.
  3. Select Manage DNS under Additional Settings.
  4. Under Forwarding, select Add domain next to Domain.
  5. Choose https:// from the dropdown menu for the destination URL your domain will forward to.
  6. Enter the forwarding address in the Destination URL field. Be sure to enter the MassageBook website address found in your Business Details section. It looks like this: https://www.massagebook.com/therapists/yourbusinessname.
  7. Select your Forward type: Permanent (301)
  8. Select Save. 

For more information, visit GoDaddy's tutorial,  here.

Forwarding your Bluehost domain to MassageBook

  1. Select the Hosting tab.
  2. Under Domains, select Domain Manager.
  3. Under Shortcuts, select Manage Domain Redirection.
  4. Under add redirect, select Permanent (301).
  5. Select your domain from the drop-down.
  6. Next to redirects to, be enter the MassageBook website address found in your Business Details section. It looks like this: https://www.massagebook.com/therapists/yourbusinessname. 
  7. Choose the option for Redirect with or without www.
  8. Select Add this Redirect.

For more information, visit Bluehost's tutorial,  here.

Forwarding your 1 & 1 domain to MassageBook

  1. Log in to your 1&1 Control Panel and select the relevant package.
  2. Click Domains My Domains Manage Domains.
  3. Select the domain from the domain's list.
  4. Under Domain Settings, select Edit Destination. 
  5. To change the destination, select Redirect (A) and Enter the URL into the Redirect destination text box (B). Then select HTTP redirect (C) as the type. Be sure to enter the MassageBook website address found in your Business Details section. It looks like this: https://www.massagebook.com/therapists/yourbusinessname. 

For more information, visit 1and1's tutorial,  here.

Forwarding your namecheap domain to MassageBook

  1. Sign into your Namecheap account (the Sign In option is available in the top part of the page). 
  2. Select Domain List from the left side menu and click the Manage button next to your domain.
  3. Navigate to the Advanced DNS tab at the top of the page.
  4. Find the Host Records section and click the Add New Record button.
  5. Select URL Redirect Record from the drop-down menu for Type, put @ (your bare domain, e.g., yourdomain.tld) for Host and enter the your MassageBook website address into the Value line. Be sure to enter the MassageBook website address found in your Business Details section. It looks like this: https://www.massagebook.com/therapists/yourbusinessname.
  6. Click on the Save All Changes button. To redirect www.yourdomain.tld or any subdomain such as blog.yourdomain.tld to a URL, enter www or blog for Host accordingly.

Fore more information, visit namecheap's tutorial,  here.

Forwarding your Squarespace domain to your MassageBook

  1. Open the Domains panel.
  2. Click the root domain you're editing.
  3. Scroll down to Domain Forwarding and select Add.
  4. In the Forward Domain pop-up window, enter @ in the Forward from field.
  5. Enter the full URL of the domain you’d like to forward to in the Forward to field.
  6. Under Advanced Options, select Permanent redirect (301).
  7. Under Forwarding over SSL, it's recommended to keep SSL On selected. To learn more, visit Understanding SSL certificates.
  8. Click Save.

For more information, visit Squarespace's tutorial,  here.

Forwarding your InMotion domain to MassageBook

  1. Login to cPanel.
  2. Under Domains, select Redirects.
  3. You will then be on the Add Redirect page. Click the drop-down box for Type and choose Permanent (301).
  4. Click the next drop-down box and choose the domain you want to redirect.
  5. In the Redirects to section, enter the MassageBook website address found in your Business Details section. It looks like this: https://www.massagebook.com/therapists/yourbusinessname.
  6. Choose the option for Redirect with or without www.
  7. Click the Add button when you are finished.

For more information, visit In Motion's domain to MassageBook,  here.

Forwarding your Google domain to MassageBook

  1. Sign in to Google Domains.
  2. Click the domain name.
  3. Open the menu Menu, if applicable.
  4. Click Website .
  5. Under "Forward to an existing webpage, click; Add a forwarding address.
  6. Enter the MassageBook website address found in your Business Details section (it looks like this: https://www.massagebook.com/therapists/yourbusinessname) in the "Website URL" field.
  7. If you’re happy with the default values, click Forward.

Forwarding your Wix domain to MassageBook

1. Go to your SEO Dashboard.
2. Select Go to URL Redirect Manager under Tools and settings.
3. Click +New Redirect.
4. Select Single redirect. Here's what that looks like:
 

Creating a single 301 redirect.

 

5. Under Old URL, enter your full Wix URL.
6. Under New URL, enter your full MassageBook Business Website URL (https://www.massagebook.com/therapists/yourbusinessname?src=external).
7. Click Save.

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