To redirect your old domain to your new website, open Website in Papalocal. Go to Web address, then Old addresses. Type the old address and press Add an old address. Where its records are kept, change the two rows shown. Every page of the old address is then sent on to the same page of your website.
Step by step
Before you start: you need your website on Papalocal and made public. An old address can only send people to a live website.
0:00Open Old addresses. In Website, under Web address, go down to Old addresses.
0:09Know what it does. Every page of the old address is sent on to the same page of your website. People with old links, and Google, follow you here.
0:17Add the old address. Type it, and press Add an old address.
0:21Forward the domain. Its steps appear below, under Papalocal forwards it. Where the old address's records are kept, change the two rows exactly as shown.
0:31Leave the email rows alone. Never touch a row whose type is MX or TXT. Those are your email.
0:37Check it. A few minutes after saving, press Check now. It says whether the old address is forwarding.
0:43Keep renewing it. Keep renewing the old address for at least a year after the move.
Good to know
One row for each version. The two rows are the address itself, with no www, and the www. The screen gives each row's type, name and value.
Write the old rows down first. The screen says to write down what each row said before you change it. That's your undo.
Turn off the old forwarding. If the domain company's own Forwarding is on for the old address, the screen says to turn it off first.
Other ways work too.Other ways to forward it covers the domain company's own forwarding, or a redirect from your old host. Check now checks them the same way.
Renew it where you bought it. The screen calls a year Google's advice, and says longer if people still use the old address. If it runs out, the forward stops.
Pinewood Party Rentals and both its web addresses are made up.
Written with AI from this video's script and screens.
Your web address is one part of running your rental company on Papalocal.
The everything app. As simple as you want it, or as complete as you allow it to be.
Your customer list: each lead and customer, with their quotes and jobs on one page
Quotes, jobs and schedule
Invoices and pay links
Your website, on a domain you own
Google Business Profile sync, for your first location
Reviews: links, QR codes and an embed
Time clock, team chat and training
The same account holds your own side too: music, books, messages, your money and your people. Some of it has paid upgrades.
Free to sign up, no card. Your account and your business page have no monthly charge. One thing is on from the start: AI replies to your reviews, $0.15 each plus AI usage. You can pause them.
Once you turn the plan on: $30 a month (one person; each added employee is $10 a month), plus 1.25% of payments your customers make through Papalocal, plus Stripe's processing fee. It's billed daily from a prepaid balance. Once your card is saved, it's charged a top-up within the hour, and again each time the balance falls under a month's charges plus 15%. You choose the top-up amount ($25 or more; $100 until you change it). You can cancel the plan online after its first 30 days; cancel any add-ons on it first.
Papalocal's founder, Garret Merkley, has started 7 local service businesses in 16 years. He bought one, sold one and closed some.
Is it a permanent (301) redirect from the old domain to the new domain?
Yes. Papalocal's forwarding uses a permanent redirect. Check now looks for one, with and without the www, and says so if a redirect is only temporary.
Will domain forwarding break my email?
Forwarding needs only the two rows shown. Never touch a row whose type is MX or TXT, since those are your email. If an MX row's value is @ or the old address itself, the screen says to stop and ask first.
Does it work with any domain company?
Yes. The screen says Papalocal forwards it and works with any company. You change two rows where the old address's records are kept.
How long should I keep the old domain?
At least a year after the move, which the screen calls Google's advice. Longer if people still use it.
How do I know it's working?
A few minutes after saving, press Check now. It says whether the old address is forwarding.
What does it cost?
It's free to sign up, with no card. Your account and your business page have no monthly charge. One thing is on from the start: AI replies to your reviews, $0.15 each plus AI usage. You can pause them. The plan starts only when you turn it on: $30 a month (one person; each added employee is $10 a month), plus 1.25% of payments your customers make through Papalocal, plus Stripe's processing fee.
How is it billed, and can I cancel?
It's billed daily from a prepaid balance. Once your card is saved, it's charged a top-up within the hour, and again each time the balance falls under a month's charges plus 15%. You choose the top-up amount ($25 or more; $100 until you change it). You can cancel the plan online after its first 30 days; cancel any add-ons on it first.
Will Papalocal find me customers?
No. Papalocal gives you the tools. Finding customers is your work.
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