An addon domain is a second website, with its own unique content. This type does require you to register the new domain name before you can host it. You can set up addon domains in cpanel.
You host domain1.com and would also want to host domain2.com too. You then need to register domain2.com and add it as an addon domain under the hosting account of domain1.com.
This can be a very cost effective way to provide hosting to more than one of your websites.
The main downside is that all domains share a common cPanel.
This means, if you're setting up hosting for someone besides yourself, you can only give them "master access" to the cPanel. As of now, cPanel doesn't allow the creation of multiple admin users.
Many developers love to manage multiple and simple websites which doesn't cover a lot of space in one cpanel. At KINGSCEL we allow our clients on any hosting package to add multiple add-on domains.
Below is step by step how to set up your add-on domains:
- Login to cPanel
- Click on Add-on Domains
- Enter the New Domain Name (the subdomain and document root will automatically populate)
- Click Add Domain
- Set the domain's name servers to the same for your hosting account (found inside the NameHero client portal)
