Should I setup a new website as Add-On Hosting, or as a subdirectory?
We've seen customers create a second website by installing the content they want into a subdirectory or subdomain of an existing site (or using a WordPress plugin that shows different content for different domain names), then pointing another domain name at that.
However, that’s not the preferred way to set up a website for a second domain name.
Instead, you can set up the new website using our Add-On Hosting plan. This uses the leftover billing resources of the first account, but has its own website directory, email addresses, databases, and WordPress sites. There’s no technical connection between the two domain names, and it doesn’t cost anything more.
This is simpler and keeps each of your websites separate from each other. If one site needs to move, change, or get deleted, the other won’t be affected. In addition, keeping them separate improves the security of both sites and keeps the statistics separate instead of combining them.
An Add-On Hosting account costs the same as an alias account if you already have our Basic, Plus or Business Hosting plan. See the Add-On Hosting account description page for more details.
How to create an Add-On Hosting account
- Login to the “My Account” control panel of an existing account (having trouble?)
- Click Add Domain Names and follow the instructions.
- Choose a plan marked as “Add-On Hosting”.
If you've already created a subdirectory with content, then you can move that content to the new Add-On Hosting account as soon as it has been created on our system (you'll receive an email message notifying you). We also have instructions on how to move a WordPress site.
If the domain name is registered at a different registrar, then you will need to login to that registrar and update the domain to use our nameservers, or at least point the website at our servers.
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