Subdomains Hosting

What is Subdomain?

In the Domain Name System (DNS) hierarchy, the subdomain is a domain that is part of a larger domain name. They are separated by dots "." and are read descending from left to right. Popular real-life examples of subdomains are news.google.com and mail.yahoo.com in which news and mail are the subdomains.

SiteGround basic hosting account includes Unlimited FREE subdomains. They will help you organize your website better. Each subdomain will open separate "index" page, and your subdomains are kept in separate sub-folders on your website. You can manage your Subdomains from your web-based Control Panel (cPanel). From cPanel you have the ability to add/remove subdomains; to create subdomain redirects and to check stats for subdomains.

What is Parked domain?

Domain Parking allows you to point additional domain names to your existing hosting account. This will allow the users to reach your site when they enter the parked domain in their browser. Please, check our tutorial for more detailed information about How to use Parked domains.

On every SiteGround hosting account you have Unlimited Parked domains. You can park domain names from the Parked Domains section in your cPanel.

What is Addon domain?

Addon domains allows you to host more than one website on your hosting account. Please check our tutorial for more detailed information about How to use Addon domains. Addon domains are available as an upgrade to our plan. Each Addon domain slot costs $30/year.