A subdomain is part of a web address which is under the main domain name, such as name.example.com. Technically, even in www.example.com the "www" part is a subdomain since the fully qualified domain name is only "example.com". Each subdomain can have its own site and records and can also be hosted through a different company if you wish to use a specific feature that is not provided by your current provider. An example for using a subdomain is if you have a company website along with an online store under a subdomain where customers can buy your products. You can even have a forum where they can comment on the products and by employing subdomains rather than subfolders you'll avoid any probability of all websites going down when you perform maintenance, or update one of the website scripts. Keeping the websites separated is more secure in the event of a script security breach.

Subdomains in Shared Hosting

Our shared hosting packages will allow you to set up hundreds of subdomains for any domain name hosted in your account without any difficulty. If the main domain is added, it will take 2 clicks to create a subdomain and pick what folder it will open (if different from the default one), set customized error pages, activate FrontPage Extensions, set a shared IP address or a dedicated one, and more. All subdomains are going to be conveniently listed in alphabetical order under their main domain for quick access and management. By right-clicking on any of them and by using fast access buttons you can see the error logs, visitor statistics or website files for that specific subdomain. We have not set a restriction for the total number of subdomains that you can create with any of our plans, so you can have as many as you need.

Subdomains in Semi-dedicated Servers

Through our semi-dedicated server plans, you'll be able to create an unlimited number of subdomains for any of the domains that you add as hosted in the account. It's going to take a couple of clicks to set up a new subdomain and throughout the process you're going to be able to to add custom error pages for it, choose if it will use a shared or a dedicated IP address, change the default folder that it will access or activate FrontPage Extensions. All subdomains you've got in the account will be grouped under their root domain in alphabetical order and you'll be able to see and handle them with ease. Through instant access buttons and right-click menus you'll be able to jump to the site files inside the File Manager section or check logs, visitor statistics and other info about any one of your subdomains.