A subdomain is a website url, that's under a main, or a root domain name. An illustration is something.domain.com, where domain.com is the main domain, while "something" is the subdomain below it. Each and every subdomain can have its own website and records i.e. aside from employing the domain name as part of the whole web address, a subdomain can be fully independent and also hosted by a different company. Using a subdomain can be very beneficial if you'd like to have different web sites which are associated in some way. For example, you could have a web-based store under the main domain as well as a forum under a subdomain so as to provide means for your clients to ask questions and / or share opinions regarding your products. The benefit of employing a subdomain rather than a subfolder is that the websites will be separated, so you can update one of them or perform maintenance not affecting the other.
Subdomains in Shared Website Hosting
Our shared website hosting packages will permit you to set up many subdomains for any domain address hosted within your account without any difficulty. Assuming that the main domain name is added, it takes two clicks to set up a subdomain and choose what folder it will open (if different from the default one), set unique error pages, activate FrontPage Extensions, set a shared IP address or a dedicated one, and much more. All subdomains are going to be conveniently listed in alphabetical order under their main domain for convenient access and management. By right-clicking on any of them and by using quick access buttons you can see the error logs, visitor statistics or site files for that particular subdomain. We haven't 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.