Jun 26th
2008
Posted @ 2:24 pm
Can you explain what is meant by add-on domains, sub domains and parked domains? Does this mean if I pay for another domain name I can use the same hosting account? I’ve been curious about this for a while.
Great question! Here’s a rundown on these different types of domains:
- Your Domain – Just a basic definition for our examples. This is your primary domain that you signed up for hosting and for now we’ll call this: http://webmastersedge.net/
- Add-on Domain – This is an extra domain hosted on your same hosting account. Example: http://webmastersedgetestaccount.com/ which might be hosted in my /public_html/webmastersedgetestaccount/ directory.
- Sub Domain – This is a sub domain of your current domain. Example: http://subdomain.webmastersedge.net/ which might be hosted in my /public_html/subdomain/ directory.
- Parked Domain – This is an extra domain hosted on your same hosting account, but is just a “pointer” and does not have its own content. Example: http://webmastersedgetestpark.com/ which would just redirect users to the content of http://webmastersedge.net/
If you have any other domain questions, please feel free to comment below!
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So let me get this straight:
1. I already have a domain (http://acme.com)
2. I pay for another domain (http://widget.com)
3. I can use the acme account to host the widget domain and users will still use http://widget.com to get there
4. Will I be able to create johndoe@widget.com email accounts now that I have an add-on domain?
5. Do the restrictions, if there are any, of the original account (bandwidth, downloads, email accounts) add up from both domains now?
6. Finally, how do hosting companies feel about this? Do they really care as long as I buy the additional domain name from them?
Yes, that is correct, except you need to have addon domains available. You can use as many addon domains as your control panel says you are allowed. It also doesn’t matter where you buy the domain from.