Use Add-On Domains To
Optimize Your Web Hosting Space
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 an add-on domain.
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 website. 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.
Herman Drost is the Certified
Internet Webmaster (CIW) owner and author of Affordable Web Site
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