Anyone know of a free website redirection service?

dvdbunny

dvdbunny

dvdbunny

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I think I need a redirection service, basically I have an online store. My sites 1 year hosting account has expired and my hosting company say until I have payed them for another year my site will be down every time someone visits my sites url. When I visit my url I am greeted with the message

This Account Has Been Suspended

Please contact the billing/support department as soon as possible.

You will be redirected in 5 sec.

So after 5 seconds it redirects to my hosting servers companies homepage. How can I make it so when people visit my url they see my own personal message. My hosting company said for this temporary service I would need to pay them 60 dollars. Anyone know of a free way to do this

Many thanks in advance
 
As you account has expired, it's there choice where it redirects, not you - it's out of your hands.

I don't think you have a choice where it redirects to in this case.

Rich
 
Oh know, i really need to redirect this!!!

There must be a way

Isn't there any free site where you just type in your url and the site, fill in a personal message, and the rest of the site does all the work for you?????
 
dvdbunny said:
Oh know, i really need to redirect this!!!

There must be a way

Isn't there any free site where you just type in your url and the site, fill in a personal message, and the rest of the site does all the work for you?????
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No that doesn't exist - otherwise I could put in www.overclockers.co.uk in the site and divert it to a site saying "OMG *** GHEY!".

You'll have to payup for your domain again buddy, but someone might come along and tell me and you otherwise.

Rich
 
If you still have control of your domain then most places will let you redirect it elsewhere for free. If you bought your domain from your hosting company they might not let you redirect it elsewhere, especially as your account has expired, if this is the case then simply transfer the domain to someone like http://www.123-reg.co.uk/ who will let you redirect it anywhere.

This thread is probably in the wrong forum too!
 
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Look it up on there help pages they will tell you on there.

Also do a 'whois' on your domain to find out where you bought it from if you are not sure.

Rich
 
thanks will do,

EDIT: Do you know what this means

Domain status: clientTransferProhibited
clientUpdateProhibited

This came from whois-search.com
 
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dvdbunny said:
I bought my domain from 123 reg, or I think it was ukreg. So they have a free domain redirection?
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Both offer free redirection. You will probably have to change your domains nameservers back to the default ones then setup the redirect in your control panel. Just look through their help section or contact their support if you are unsure. :)

dvdbunny said:
thanks will do,

EDIT: Do you know what this means

Domain status: clientTransferProhibited
clientUpdateProhibited

This came from whois-search.com
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It just means the domain is locked. Nothing to worry about, so long as you still have control over your domain anyway.
 
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Aod said:
DVDbunny has never spent money on anything in his life. i don't think that's about to change :P
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I have noticed this, even though he is apparantly running his own company he is a notorious skin-flint, I can't imagine on what threadbare / free systems and such his store is running on!

Spend money to make money and all that - sometimes there are free alternatives yes, but they are not always the best!

Rich
 
Guys, thanks for the replies

I have spent money to make money in the past and it''s cost me a lot!

I have wasted a lot of money in life and right now I haven't got a lot of money.

I need to limit how much I spend if I want any future.
 
nightmare99 said:
Have you got it redirected yet whats the url?
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Okay finally I have got access to my domain again, I had lost my password and my domain providers forgotten password form was sending every time an email to me but my account couldn't receive it up until now.

So how do I setup redirection, my domain provider calls it web forwarding?

Will I be able to create a message so when people visit my url they will see a message saying will we be back online soon?
 
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