Does a web domain have to be hosted in order to use it to redirect to a site that IS hosted?

2 responses to “Does a web domain have to be hosted in order to use it to redirect to a site that IS hosted?”

1. 
   Andy Ng

   April 25, 2011 at 9:45 am | Permalink

   You don’t need to host it since your are doing domain redirect.

   Let say a.com is your new domain; b.com is the domain you already have.

   Here are two method you can do now.

   1. Domain Forwarding
   e.g. Vistor type a.com, it forward them to b.com with url: b.com shows on the URL address.
   2. Domain Masking
   This one I will suggest more.
   e..g. Vistor type a.com, it will user a.com to shows all b.com links. The URL address will still use a.com although all the stuff are from the b.com

   Almost all Doamin registration company has that feature on their control panel, check that out.
   This link has a tutorial about that:
   http://aalbc.com/domain_registration.htm

   Hope it can help you!

2. 
   Leo G

   April 25, 2011 at 10:08 am | Permalink

   You only need to register the domain name.

   Most registrars, like GoDaddy, will redirect your domain name to any URL for free.