301 redirects without .htaccess

[NancyVPS]

I have a client that recently moved from an old ZenCart e-commerce site to Volusion.  The domain name did not change.  We need to redirect a bunch of the old URLs; however, Volusion's redirect tool does not work for URLS with "?" .  The old ZenCart structure is:

http://www.mydomain.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=563

Volusion is a hosted platform and we do not have access to the .htaccess file.

Any suggestions on a workaround?

Thanks!Nancy

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[NancyVPS]

Thanks!  Unfortunately we can't change platforms for this, Volusion was chosen for its e-commerce capabilities and relatively non-technical backend interface.

[GPainter]

The first thought that comes to mind is you could 301 to another site making a better URL structure then move it again but its ugly and not very optimized, perhaps moving to another platform that lets you do stuff you want/need to do is a better option ?  i'm afraid I'm not familiar with Volusion but if a software doesn't do what you want it to do its probably not the right software for you then.

Good luck.

[NancyVPS]

I spoke to Volusion support at length, they were unable to come up with a solution.  I know how to do redirects using their system, the problem is that their system will not process redirects where the source url has a question mark.  And, since they do not allow access to .htaccess, I cannot post the redirects there.  I need a way to do the redirects outside of Volusion.

[GPainter]

I assume non of this was helpful - https://support.volusion.com/article/301-redirects

Did you try shooting Volusion an email ?