A subdomain is part of a web address that is under the main domain, for example name.example.com. Technically, even in www.example.com the "www" part is a subdomain given that the fully qualified domain name is only "example.com". Every single subdomain can have its own website and records and can also be hosted with a different company if you need to use a feature which is not offered by your current service provider. An example for using a subdomain is if you have a business website and an online store under a subdomain where customers can acquire your products. You can also have a forum where they can talk about the products and by using subdomains rather than subfolders you are going to avoid any probability of all websites going down if you perform maintenance, or update one of the website scripts. Keeping the sites separated is less risky in the event of a script security breach.

Subdomains in Shared Hosting

Our shared hosting packages will enable you to set up countless subdomains for every domain hosted in your account without any difficulty. If the main domain is added, it will take two mouse clicks to set up a subdomain and select what folder it'll open (if different from the default one), create custom error pages, activate FrontPage Extensions, set a shared IP address or a dedicated one, plus much more. All subdomains will be conveniently listed in alphabetical order under their main domain for quick access and control. By right-clicking on any one of them and by using quick access buttons you can view the error logs, visitor statistics or site files for that specific subdomain. We haven't set a restriction for the total number of subdomains you can create with any of our plans, so you can have as many as you need.