What an Addon Domain Is Print

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Hosting a second website.

WHAT IT DOES

Lets a separate domain serve a separate website from the same hosting account.

WHEN TO USE ONE

A second business A client site A genuinely separate project

WHAT YOU NEED

The domain registered Its nameservers pointing here, or DNS records pointing at your server

HOW IT WORKS

cPanel creates a directory, usually inside public_html.

That domain serves from that directory.

WHAT IT SHARES WITH YOUR MAIN SITE

The account Disk space and bandwidth Resource limits PHP configuration, unless set per directory

WHAT THAT MEANS

One site's traffic or problem affects the others.

FOR CLIENT SITES

Consider separate hosting accounts instead.

A compromise affecting all your clients at once is a serious event.

HOW MANY YOU CAN ADD

Depends on your plan. Check your allowance.


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