A subdomain is part of a web address which is under the main domain name, for example name.example.com. Actually, even in www.example.com the "www" element is a subdomain given that the fully qualified domain name is only "example.com". Every single subdomain can have its own site and records and can even be hosted through a different company if you wish to use a certain feature that is not offered by your current service provider. One example for using a subdomain is if you have a company site as well as an online store under a subdomain where customers can acquire your products. Additionally, you can have a forum in which they can discuss the products and by using subdomains as opposed to subfolders you'll avoid any chance of all sites going down if you perform maintenance, or update one of the site scripts. Keeping the websites separated is also less risky in the event of a script security breach.

Subdomains in Cloud Web Hosting

Our cloud web hosting packages will allow you to create many subdomains for every domain name hosted inside your account without any hassle. Assuming that the main domain is added, it requires 2 clicks to set up a subdomain and pick what folder it'll open (if different from the default one), create customized error pages, activate FrontPage Extensions, set a shared IP address or a dedicated one, and much more. All subdomains will be conveniently listed in alphabetical order under their main domain for convenient access and control. By right-clicking on any one of them and by using quick access buttons you can see the error logs, visitor statistics or site files for that specific subdomain. We have not 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.