Ask How can I redirect my domain with SSL?

[Brajet]

I'm trying to set up a domain that belongs to my club to 301 redirect to the club's main domain. It no longer merits its own hosting, but we don't want to lose the domain. I've set up the forwarding, and it works fine except that it gets SSL errors on most browsers.

The reason is that we don't have an SSL certificate for the domain on GoDaddy. I looked to see what the options are, and it seems all of them involve spending at least $69.99 a year. As far as I can tell, I can't just drop in a Let's Encrypt certificate. Spending that much money just to forward a domain on the Web seems excessive.

Have I missed anything? Is GoDaddy really requiring that much for plain HTTPS forwarding? It may turn out to be cheaper to add the domain on our hosting site and set up the forwarding there, but I'd like to confirm I haven't missed something that's buried or obvious

 

[Anthony Joshua]

Yeah, GoDaddy's SSL setup for simple forwarding isn't really worth the cost. What you can do instead is move your DNS to Cloudflare. It's free, gives you SSL, and lets you do 301 redirects with page rules. That way, your domain redirects securely without showing certificate errors. I've used it many times for parked domains, and it works perfectly. You just need to point your nameservers to Cloudflare, and you're good.

 

[Felix😎]

To redirect your domain with SSL, make sure your SSL certificate is active on your site. After that, you can force the redirect using your hosting settings or by adding a small piece of code to your .htaccess file if you're using Apache. It's important to check that your DNS settings are correct too. Once everything's set up, all traffic will go through the secure HTTPS version. It's simple and works well.