A subdomain is part of a web address which is under the main domain name, for instance name.example.com. Technically, even in www.example.com the "www" part is a subdomain since the fully qualified domain name is just "example.com". Every single subdomain could have its own web site and records and can even be hosted with a different company if you need to use some feature that is not offered by your current service provider. One example for using a subdomain is if you have a company site as well as an online store under a subdomain where customers can buy your products. In addition, you can have a forum where they can talk about the products and by using subdomains rather than subfolders you will avoid any risk of all sites going down if you perform maintenance, or update one of the site scripts. Keeping the websites separated is also more secure in the event of a script security breach.

Subdomains in Website Hosting

Our website hosting packages will permit you to set up countless subdomains for any domain name hosted inside your account without any problem. Assuming that the main domain name is added, it requires two clicks to set up a subdomain and select what folder it's going to open (if different from the default one), set unique error pages, activate FrontPage Extensions, set a shared IP address or a dedicated one, and a lot more. All subdomains will be conveniently listed in alphabetical order under their main domain for easy access and administration. By right-clicking on any one of them and by using fast access buttons you can view the error logs, visitor statistics or website files for that particular subdomain. We have not set a restriction for the total number of subdomains you can create with any one of our plans, so you can have as many as you wish.