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Is it possible to host two
or more sites with two or more domains on the same
hosting account? You may want to register and market
another domain name but don’t want to pay for another
hosting account. The best solution is to create
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What is an add-on domain?
An add-on domain is a new domain that is added on top
of your main domain. It creates a sub directory within
your main web hosting directory but can show a different
web site. The add-on domain collects the information
from the sub domain directory using the same space and
bandwidth as your main account, however it won’t have
its own cpanel (web hosting manager).
Add-on domain benefits.
- Create multiple domains/websites on the same web
hosting account.
- Save money and web space by using one hosting account
instead of several hosting accounts.
- The add-on domain shares all the same resources
(disk space, bandwidth…) with your main site.
- The add-on domain has its own FTP manager, site
stats, cgi-bin which is created automatically.
- Upload all pages, images, scripts, forums etc to
your add-on domain directory.
- Access your add-on domain using several web site
addresses i.e. http://www.SiteB.com, http://www.SiteB.SiteA.com
http://www.SiteA.com/SiteB
- Promote several web sites within one hosting account
with their own set of keywords.
How to create an add-on domain.
- Register your new add-on domain with a domain name
registrar.
- Point the DNS (domain name sever) information of
your new add-on domain to the same DNS of your web
host.
- Allow 24-48 hours for the DNS to propagate over
the Net before uploading your files.
- Log in to your cpanel (web hosting manager) and
scroll to add-on domains.
- Fill in these three fields:
New Domain Name: SiteB.com (Do not put any http://
or www)
Username/directory/subdomain Name: SiteB (Enter ‘SiteB
‘ by itself. Do not put any ‘.com’ or ‘www’)
Password: 12345 (Enter any password you wish.)
- Click the ‘Add Domain’ button. It takes a couple
of minutes for the system to set-up an add-on domain
name.
- Once it completes, your add-on domain name will
be ready. You can then log into your account and you
should see a sub folder called /SiteB inside of your
public_html folder. Simply upload index pages, images
and any other information there.
Here is an example of how to create an add-on
domain:
Let’s say you primary domain is http://www.SiteA.com.
You add an add-on domain named: http://www.SiteB.com
through the cpanel.
Now you can access it via:
http://www.SiteB.com or http://www.SiteB.SiteA.com/
or http://www.SiteA.com/SiteB/
You can now set-up email for the add-on domain as if
it was a separate site i.e. bubba@SiteB.com with mail
servers as mail.SiteB.com
Tips: When searching for a web hosting
service, be sure to check if they allow add-on domains.
This will give you far more flexibility to utilize your
web hosting space should you need to create add-on domains
in the future.
Be sure to check how much web space you have left for
your main hosting account before you create an add-on
domain. Add-on domains utilize the same web space as
your main hosting account.
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