Option Explicit Sub url_redirest() Dim adr As String Dim http As New WinHttpRequest adr = "http://www.anyaddress.com" 'Create Http object If IsEmpty(http) Then Set http = CreateObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1") http.Open "GET", adr http.setRequestHeader "URL", "text/html" http.Send http.waitForResponse 'MsgBox http.Option(1) MsgBox http.ResponseText ' after entering URL: http://www.anyaddress.com IE goes to https://www.hugedomains.com/domain_profile.cfm?d=anyaddress&e=com ' i need to 'read' hugedomains word End Sub