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What Is a Sub-Domain, Parked Domain and an Add-On Domain?

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 mysite2.com.
  • mysite.com is the domain of your website and you want to add mysite2.com.
  • You want them both to go to the same place. In other words, when someone types either mysite.com or myite2.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 mysite2.com.
  • You want the two domains to be totally separate and independent websites.
  • In order to have additional add-on domains you need to purchase them from a registry.

 



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