Introduction:
This article explains how to switch your website's name. It walks you through the process to ensure a smooth transition while minimizing impact on SEO.
This is only relevant if you have already launched a website, and are looking to change its name. If you are instead looking for a guide on launching a brand new website please use this guide
Prerequisites:
• You must own the new domain name you want to use. If you haven't purchased it, see our article here:
• Do not manually change the website URL in your IO account.
Step-by-Step Instructions:
1. Confirm Domain Purchase:
• Verify that your new domain has been purchased from your domain registrar.
2. Contact Support:
• Notify our support team that you want to change your website's name by emailing support@inflatableoffice.com
• Include both the current website name and the new desired website name in your message.
3. Update Nameservers:
• Once we confirm that everything is set up, you will receive a guide to update the new domain's nameservers.
• Follow the guide to update the nameservers as directed.
Some things to keep in mind:
Changing your website name can affect your SEO.
To help with this, we will redirect your old website name to the new one as long as we continue to host both domain's nameservers.
You will likely want to verify your domain with Google again. See their article on this here: