A subdomain is part of a web address that's under the main domain, for instance name.example.com. From a technical perspective, even in www.example.com the "www" element is a subdomain since the fully qualified domain name is just "example.com". Each subdomain can have its own web site and records and can also be hosted using a different company if you want to use a specific feature which isn't provided by your current provider. One example for using a subdomain is if you have a business site as well as an online store under a subdomain where clients can purchase your products. You can also have a forum where they can talk about the products and by using subdomains instead of subfolders you'll avoid any chance of all websites going down if you perform maintenance, or update one of the site scripts. Keeping your sites separated is less risky in case there is a script security breach.

Subdomains in Website Hosting

Our website hosting plans will permit you to create hundreds of subdomains for every domain name hosted in your account without any hassle. Provided that the main domain address is added, it requires 2 clicks to create a subdomain and pick what folder it's going to open (if different from the default one), set custom error pages, activate FrontPage Extensions, set a shared IP address or a dedicated one, and a lot more. All subdomains will be conveniently listed in alphabetical order under their main domain for effortless access and administration. By right-clicking on any one of them and by using fast access buttons you can see the error logs, visitor statistics or site files for that specific subdomain. We haven't set a limit for the total number of subdomains that you can create with any one of our plans, so you can have as many as you want.