Adding Domain Names to Your Hosting Account
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October 21, 2017 3:32 PM
You can add domain names to any type of hosting account. However, what you can do with additional domain names depends on the type of hosting account you have. For more information, see What type of hosting account do I have?
| Secondary | Secondary domains have websites that work independently of the primary domain's hosted in separate folders. For more information, see Hosting Multiple Websites on Your Hosting Account. Available with Deluxe, Premium, Unlimited, and Ultimate accounts. While we offer unlimited secondary domains on our Deluxe, Premium, Unlimited, and Ultimate shared hosting accounts, we do not recommend using shared hosting for more than ten websites. Doing so taxes the server resources and hinders performance. |
| Aliases | Alias domains display the primary domain's website with a different domain name/URL. Available with all accounts. |
To Add Domains
- Log in to your Account Manager.
- Click Web Hosting.
- Next to the hosting account you want to use, click Launch.
- From the More menu, select Hosted Domains.
- Click Add Domain.
- Enter the domain name in the Domain field.
- For Deluxe and Ultimate plans, enter a new or existing folder in the Folder field. This is where you need to upload the domain's website. If you do not enter a folder, the domain works as an alias.
Do not enter any spaces in the Folder field.
- Click OK.
What's next?
For the domain name to access the hosting account, you must update its DNS. If the domain name and hosting are in...
| Same Account | We automatically update the domain name's DNS. |
| Different Accounts | You need to manually update the DNS. For more information, see Finding Your Hosting Account's IP Address. |
