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5. How do I setup / modify my Web & Email Forwarding Account?

Log in to your control panel by entering your username and password in the 'Members Login' area to the right of each page. Or go directly to https://www.marlindomains.com/manage/.

NOTE: If you only have one domain, or one subscription, go directly to step 3.
Click Select Subscription from the top menu, then click on the Select link next to the appropriate subscription.

Click Hosting from the top menu. You will be taken to the hosting account for the domain you selected in step 2 (if you only have one hosted domain, this will automatically be selected).

--- Web Forwarding and Subdomains ---
To forward your domain to an external URL, please click on Domain Overview > Domain Administration.

Click on yourdomain. In the Web Hosting section on the Summary tab, click on Change Hosting.
For sub domains, please click on Domain Overview > Domain Administration > Add New Subdomain.
--- Mail Forwarding ---
Please go to E-mail > E-mail addresses > Add New E-mail Address and enter the email address you would like, and the address you wish it to be forwarded to (eg user@yourdomain forwarding to user@bigpond.com).

You may enter as many new accounts as you wish, and they may forward to the same or different address.
--- IP Forwarding ---
You can use an IP address (A) record instead of a Web Forward if you are running your own web server, and can configure it to respond to the domain names "yourdomain" and "www.yourdomain", or you have an ISP or another host of your web site, and their web server is configured to respond to "yourdomain" and "www.yourdomain".

Please go to Domain Overview > Domain Administration > yourdomain > and select the DNS tab, then DNS Records sub-tab.

If you do not have this level of control over the web server then you must use a Web Forward. Adding a Web Forward will allow you to specify the exact URL you want your visitors to see when they visit "yourdomain" or "www.yourdomain".

Protect your web presence:
Have you considered registering your .com, .com.au, .net.au, .co.nz variants of your domain? The deciding factor usually depends on how serious you are about Protecting Your Online Value. Ask yourself whether it would disturb you if a competitor registered these domains? Our easy to use and reliable Web and Email Forwarding services allow you to point as many domains as you want to your website.

Web with benefits:
Another benefit of registering multiple domains is the greater probability of being located on Search Engine listings. An interesting fact is that many Search Engines now feature region specific searches. You can perform a generic search, or you can select the 'Search Australia Only' option.

How the search works is simple; an 'Australian Only' search may prioritise addresses that end in '.au'; a 'New Zealand Only' search may prioritise addresses that end in '.nz'. To guarantee your website is listed and accessed by both regions you will need to have both domain names registered.

In contrast to the above, neither the '.au' nor the '.nz' domains will stand a chance of competing against the '.com', or rather the TLD name space, if someone submits a generic search with no regions specified.

If you currently conduct business in other countries, or one day plan to expand then we recommend securing your country specific domains now.

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