How can I use My Account with More than One Domain Name?

Even though you could need more than one domain, you do not want to create separate accounts for each one. This page will describe how to use your account with several domain names if that is what you are looking for.

What is an addon domain?

You can administer several domains under a single hosting account with the help of the cPanel addon domain. Addon domains, as opposed to parked domains, are intended for entirely distinct websites that are all hosted under a single cPanel account. Additionally, you can make distinct accounts, or sub-accounts, for each of these add-on domains.

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Using an account with more than one domain name :

To host multiple domains on your hosting account, you will first have to configure them as Addon Domains in cPanel.

1. First, register the domain.

2. In the cPanel’s Addon Domain, go to the Domains section of the cPanel interface.

3. In the New Domain Name field, enter your domain name.

Suppose we have a domain name cpdocs.com.

4. Make sure the next field contains appropriate FTP username. Here we will leave it as its default value, cpdocs.

5. Make sure the document root is appropriate in the field. In this example, we will use a default value as
home/$user/cpdocs.com/

6. Now enter the password you want to use with this domain, confirm the password.

Note: While adding your addon domain you can see a checkbox for the FTP account, so only if you need an FTP account for the addon domain select the checkbox, otherwise don’t.

7. Click on the Add Domain button.

8. If you encounter any error in this interface, then that may be because your hosting provider has not enabled this feature for your account, in such case you can directly reach out to your provider and ask for the feature.

That’s it.

The same procedure can be followed for adding more domain names.