What's the difference between a sub-domain, parked domain and an add-on domain?
- Date added:
- Thursday, 05 February 2009
- Last revised:
- Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Answer
We get asked this question all the time. The answer is actually pretty straightforward:
Sub domain
Lets say your domain is mysite.com.
You install a Message Board and put in in a directory called mysite.com/board/.
You can turn the directory board into a sub-domain by adding it as a sub-domain from your Control Panel.
Now you can access your Message board as either mysite.com/board OR board.mysite.com
This costs you nothing and is free.
Parked Domain
You have two domains mysite.com and my-other-site.com.
mysite.com is the domain of your website and you want to add my-other-site.com.
You want them both to go to the same place. In other words, when someone types either www.mysite.com or www.my-other-site.com they will go to the same page(s) on your website.
In order to have additional parked domains you need to purchase them from a registry.
Add-On Domains
You have two domains mysite.com and my-other-site.com.
You want the two domains to be totally separate/independent websites.
In order to have additional add-on domains you need to purchase them from a registry.