Advantages of Using Subdomains

The Difference between Subdomains, Addon Domains, and Parked Domains

In technology fields, the language can sometimes become a barrier between what you need to accomplish and how you explain that to your staff, to support technicians, or even to yourself. At Lunarpages, our Sales and Customer Support Staff are never above your level, so they can explain things in a way that will help you to better understand and even use the terminology yourself.

One of the main questions Lunarpages’ staff are asked during Sales and Support calls are in regards to domain types. Our website mentions subdomains, addon domains, and parked domains, so knowing the difference can better assist you in choosing the right web hosting plan and learning how to add the necessary features to your account.

What is a subdomain?

If you have ever had a free web hosting account, you have actually had a subdomain before. Subdomains are merely parts of the primary domain name. For example, blog.lunarpages.com is a subdomain of lunarpages.com. In free web hosting, hosting providers offer a “free subdomain” that can be attached to their primary domain.

Lunarpages Web Hosting offers unlimited free subdomains with your purchase of our hosting packages, so you can create blog.yoursite.com, music.yoursite.com, or anything.yoursite.com. You’re free to create as many subdomains in your website hosting account as you’d like!

What is an addon domain?

Have you ever wanted to host multiple websites under one web hosting account? Well with addon domains, you can! An addon domain is basically just a new website and domain that is hosted under the same hosting plan as other domains. So if you’d like to have one website for your business and another for your personal website, you can host each under a different domain name with different content, all from the same web hosting account. This saves you nearly $100 every year!

Lunarpages offers the ability to host 11 websites under 1 massive plan, a savings of over $900 every year!!

What is a parked domain

Have you ever typed in a domain name that you thought was correct, only to see the resolving URL ends up different from what you typed? It’s the same website you wanted to reach, but there’s a different URL displayed. This is a parked domain. Parked domains are simply redirecting domain names that can be used to direct users who type one thing to the proper site. For example, if you accidentally type Lunarpages.net instead of Lunarpages.com, you will be redirected to Lunarpages.com. As another example, you may want to own myfavoriteshoeresource.com as well as mfsr.com for ease; if your customers can’t remember the entire title, they can at least remember one of your mirroring domains.

Some people also use parked domains to monetize their traffic and hike their SEO rankings. For example, myfavoriteshoeresource.com might not be targeted to search engine optimization, but bestshoepricesonline.com might be, so a customer may utilize both domains to get the added results of better rankings in Google.

Domain names and website hosting go hand in hand, so knowing the difference can save you a great deal of time and energy in the long run. If you’re still confused, give Lunarpages a call and our sales staff would be more than happy to assist.