Website stopped working after domain transfer

What is the name of the domain?

magicrefundpro.org

What is the error number?

500

What is the error message?

Internal server error

What is the issue you’re encountering

Website not loading after transferring domain from GoDaddy to Cloudflare

What steps have you taken to resolve the issue?

Initially, I changed the nameservers at GoDaddy to those provided by Cloudflare while leaving the domain with GoDaddy. The website worked just fine. A couple hours later I transferred the domain to GoDaddy, at which point the website displayed an Error 1000, which I understood to mean that the website was pointing to Cloudflare IP addresses (172.67.130.142, 104.21.8.163). I found what appeared to be the origin IP addresses using a DNS history lookup (3.33.130.190, 15.197.148.33), so I removed the Cloudflare IP addresses and created DNS records for the two from the DNS history. Immediately after that, I tried the website again and it gave me Error 500: Internal Server Error, and now today it shows a “GoDaddy parked this page” instead, even though I have the domain registered at Cloudflare. I’m not sure what might have happened between updating the nameservers at GoDaddy and transferring the domain to Cloudflare. I’m hoping to find a way to get my website working again, but I don’t know where to go from here.

What feature, service or problem is this related to?

DNS records

What are the steps to reproduce the issue?

See steps taken

Currently, your domain magicrefundpro.org pointing to the destination IP addresses below:

;; ANSWER SECTION:
magicrefundpro.org. 300 IN A 15.197.148.33
magicrefundpro.org. 300 IN A 3.33.130.190

This confirms that DNS queries for your domain are currently pointing directly to the origin server and bypassing Cloudflare. As a result, Cloudflare is no longer acting as a reverse proxy for your traffic, which explains the reason you are no longer seeing Cloudflare errors (like the previous Error 1000) but are instead encountering issues served directly from the origin (e.g., Error 500 and GoDaddy parked page).

The Error 500 (Internal Server Error) is generated at the web server level, indicating that the origin server is encountering a misconfiguration, missing files, or another server-side problem. This is no longer related to Cloudflare, since DNS now bypasses Cloudflare.

The GoDaddy parked page typically appears when the web server isn’t configured to respond to your domain or is pointing to a default/placeholder site at the origin. You can check in your web server.

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