Yes! We provide a free domain name with every Web hosting account, but you can also purchase additional domain names from us that point to the same Web site content. We call these extra domain names "domain name aliases".
Common uses for extra domain names are:
You don't need to pay any extra monthly fee for additional domain names, and you can have as many additional domain names as you want — there's no limit. The only cost is our annual "domain name registration only" fee, which includes registration and renewal of the domain name.
As an example, let's say you have an existing Web site at www.example.com. You could buy an extra domain name called a-second-domain.com and have us set it up as a domain name alias for example.com (or any directory of example.com).
For example, if you do that and have us point it at the top level of your existing Web site, people visiting either of these two addresses will see the exact same pages:
http://www.example.com/
http://www.a-second-domain.com/
Or, if you ask us to "point" the alias at a subdirectory of your existing Web site, people visiting either of these two addresses would see the same pages:
http://www.example.com/subdirectory/
http://www.a-second-domain.com/
The visitor's Web browser address bar will continue to show whichever address he or she typed; the visitor won't even know about the other address unless you display it on the page somewhere. (Compare this to a domain name redirect, in which the visitor's address bar changes to show the "main" Web hosting domain name.)
Domain name aliases work for e-mail, too. If you use the e-mail address address@example.com, any messages sent to address@a-second-domain.com will also reach you.
In fact, mail sent to any address @a-second-domain.com will be handled exactly as if it had been sent to the same address @example.com.
If you're using Microsoft's FrontPage software to manage your Web site files, some special FrontPage features (such as hit counters and feedback forms) won't work properly if the Web site is accessed through an "alias" domain name. If you use FrontPage, you should consider using a domain name redirect instead of a domain name alias, or use the hit counter and feedback form scripts that we provide instead.
Using a domain name alias allows you to use multiple domain names with one Web hosting account, without paying an extra monthly fee.
There's no limit on the number of domain aliases you can have for a Web hosting account, and there's no extra charge beyond our normal separate domain name registration fees.
To add a domain alias, just contact us and let us know the domain name(s) you'd like to add to your Web hosting account. Be sure to mention that you'd like them set up as "domain name aliases". We'll take care of the rest. If the domain name is not yet registered, we'll register it for you; if it's already registered, we'll transfer it to our company.