In my recent post about the set up of an addon domain I confused some of you because I mentioned the word sub in the same post. I realize that this was confusing and merely me not relying the information correctly, so I do apologize for that. I have since rectified the post and put a little update note in there.
Were an addon domain involved setting up hosting for a new domain name on our existing hosting account, a sub domain will cost you nothing but a few minutes of your time.
To do this you need to log into your Cpanel and navigate to the icon that says “Subdomain” as seen below in the screen shot. Click on this and a new window will open.
Let’s take my existing website for example. I now want to set up a new blog to this sub domain I’m hoping to create. So once I clicked on the “Subdomain” icon a new window opens and I see the following:
Now I want to name the sub “blog” so that my domain will read http://blog.thewritersmanifesto.DOTcom All I need to do is write the word blog into the field and click add.
Below is the screen that will open to confirm what I just did.
That’s it, you now have a brand new subdomain you can use for your blog or whatever else you want to call the folder.
Many bloggers use sub domains for niche marketing if they don’t want to buy a new domain name. Depending whether the sub actually fits the main domain this could be a great option. However if your domain is shoesDOTcom and you want to set up a niche site called wine, it wouldn’t look so cool to advertise or promote a site called wine.shoesDOTcom.
In that case it is better to buy a new domain (even better pre-owned) that is related to your niche name.
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