One hosting plan can serve multiple websites. Three different ways to add another domain to the same hosting account, depending on what you want it to do.
Addon domain
A separate website on a separate domain, hosted from the same account.
- What it is: a fully independent site.
yourdomain.comandanother-site.comare completely different sites, with different content, different DNS records, different SSL certificates. - When you'd use it: hosting two distinct businesses or projects on one plan.
- Where it lives: a subdirectory of your hosting account (e.g.,
/home/youraccount/another-site.com/).
To add one: Services → click hosting → Addon domains tile → Add. Specify the domain and pick a folder name. We set up DNS, document root, and SSL automatically.
Alias (also called parked domain)
A second domain that points at the same site as your primary.
- What it is: visitors to the alias see the same site as visitors to the primary domain — same content, same URL. No redirect.
- When you'd use it: you own multiple domain spellings of the same brand (
yoursite.com,yoursite.net,yoursite.co) and want them all to load the same site. - Difference from a redirect: aliases serve content directly; redirects send visitors to a different URL. Aliases are seamless; redirects show the destination URL in the address bar.
To add one: Services → click hosting → Aliases tile → Add.
Subdomain
A child of an existing domain — blog.yourdomain.com, shop.yourdomain.com, staging.yourdomain.com.
- What it is: a separate document root under your primary domain.
- When you'd use it: organizing distinct sections (blog, shop, app, staging) under one main domain.
- DNS: handled automatically — we add the subdomain to your DNS zone.
To add one: Services → click hosting → Subdomains tile → Add. Specify the subdomain name and document root folder.
Which one do I want?
| Situation | Use |
|---|---|
| Hosting a totally separate website | Addon domain |
| Multiple spellings of the same brand showing the same site | Alias |
| Organizing parts of one site under one domain | Subdomain |
| Permanent move of an old domain to your new one | Redirect (see Domain forwarding and redirects) |
SSL and DNS
For all three types, we auto-issue SSL certificates within ~5 minutes of adding the domain (assuming DNS is pointed correctly). DNS records get created automatically in your zone if you're using our nameservers.
If the domain is at another registrar with custom DNS, you need to point its A record at your hosting's IP before our SSL issuance can succeed.
Limits
How many addon domains, aliases, and subdomains you can add depends on your hosting plan:
- Most shared plans cap addon domains around 5–25.
- Aliases are usually unlimited.
- Subdomains are usually unlimited.
The exact numbers are on your plan's spec sheet. If you hit a cap, upgrade to a plan with more.
Removing them
Same tiles in reverse: open the relevant tool and click Remove. We clean up DNS records, SSL certificates, and document-root references. Files in the folder aren't deleted — open the file manager separately if you want to remove them.