A subdomain is a part of a web address that is under the main domain name, for example name.example.com. Actually, even in www.example.com the "www" element is a subdomain because the fully qualified domain name is only "example.com". Every subdomain could have its own web site and records and can even be hosted through a different provider if you want to use a feature that is not offered by your current provider. An example for using a subdomain is if you have a business site as well as an online store under a subdomain where clients can acquire your products. Additionally, you can have a forum where they can discuss the products and by using subdomains rather than subfolders you will avoid any risk of all sites going down when you perform maintenance, or update one of the site scripts. Keeping your websites separated is more secure in the case of a script security breach.

Subdomains in Cloud Website Hosting

Our cloud website hosting plans will permit you to set up countless subdomains for every domain hosted inside your account without any difficulty. As long as the main domain is added, it requires two clicks to create a subdomain and select what folder it will open (if different from the default one), create custom error pages, activate FrontPage Extensions, set a shared IP address or a dedicated one, plus much more. All subdomains are going to be conveniently listed in alphabetical order under their main domain for effortless access and administration. By right-clicking on any of them and by using instant access buttons you can see the error logs, visitor statistics or website files for that particular subdomain. We haven't set a limit for the total number of subdomains that you can create with any of our plans, so you can have as many as you want.