Depending on the hosting type and hosting plan you have chosen, you'll be able to host additional domains under your hosting account/server. Either as a simple redirect to the main domain (or to a custom URL), or as a separate domain with its own website.
In cPanel, you can manage your domains and sub-domains under the "Domains" page.
Types of Domains
There are 4 types of domain names:
- Main domain
Example: www.yourdomain.tld - showing the content in thepublic_htmldirectory. - Sub-domains
Example: blog.yourdomain.tld - showing the content inpublic_html/blogdirectory (or any other defined document root). - Alias or Parked domains
Example: yourotherdomain.tld - showing a mirror of the main domain with the content in thepublic_htmldirectory. - Addon domains
Example: yourotherdomain.tld - showing its own content from thepublic_html/yourotherdomain.tlddirectory (or any other defined document root).
Hence, if you purchased additional domain names and you wanted them all to mirror the main site, you can add them as parked/alias domains. If you want each domain to have its own content, you can add them as addon domain names. If you want one domain to have its own content and the others to redirect, you can add the one domain as an addon domain and the others as parked/alias domains with a redirect to the main domain or any other domain or URL you need.
How to Add a new domain or sub-domain to your cPanel account
To add a domain or sub-domain to your cPanel account, please follow these steps:
- Log in to your cPanel account (see here how)
- Navigate to the Domains category and click on the Domains button
- Enter the domain that you would like to create in the Domain input field
- Under Document Root (File System Location), untick the box Share document root, unless you want to create an alias/parked domain
- If the domain should have its own site/folder, we recommend choosing a folder outside of the
public_htmlfolder for compatibility reasons (i.e. simply enteradditional-domain.tldwithout any slashes [replace additional-domain.tld with the actual domain, or any other folder name you prefer])
- If the domain should have its own site/folder, we recommend choosing a folder outside of the
- Click on the Submit button
You can now add/upload the content for the domain to its document root folder, unless it's an alias/parked domain.
How to Remove an existing domain or sub-domain from your cPanel account
To add a domain or sub-domain to your cPanel account, please follow these steps:
- Log in to your cPanel account (see here how)
- Navigate to the Domains category and click on the Domains button
- Under the Actions column, click on the Manage button next to the domain that you want to delete
- Click on the Remove Domain button (after you are aware of the warning message above it)
If you no longer require the content of the removed domain, you should remove the folder and MySQL databases that were assigned to it or used by it.
Update by SP on 10/01/2023
