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07-28-2010, 09:17 AM #1Newbie
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Unlimited Subdomains = Unlimited Websites
I see some web hosts offering unlimited subdomains. Does that mean I can sign up for one domain and create unlimited subdomains based on one domain.
cars.domain1.com
autos.domain1.com
wheels.domain1.com
This means I can have unlimited websites with just one domain? Seems like a nice deal for under $10 a year.
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07-28-2010, 09:25 AM #2Junior Guru Wannabe
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They will actually refer to that as unlimited add on domains actually.
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07-28-2010, 09:38 AM #3Moving the Web Forward
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Yes that is correct, however if they are only charging you $10.00 per year, I would question the legitimacy of the company. How much disk space and bandwidth are they offering you? Keep in mind, the amount of websites you can host on your account, will depend on how much diskspace and monthly bandwidth you are being allotted.
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07-28-2010, 09:46 AM #4Web Hosting Master
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07-28-2010, 09:47 AM #5Hello World
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Are you limited by inodes?
Whats the CPU/RAM limits?
Whats their TOS to regards of their service?
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07-28-2010, 09:48 AM #6Junior Guru Wannabe
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can you give an example of a company thats doing this?
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07-28-2010, 09:49 AM #7Web Hosting Master
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07-28-2010, 09:55 AM #8Web Hosting Master
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Incorrect, subdomains are 1.xyz.com, 2.xyz.com, and 3.xyz.com actually. In a way it would be unlimited sites but not exactly since they use the same top domain. People don't use that many subdomains in my experience.
How much disk space and bandwidth are you getting for $10/year?
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07-28-2010, 10:18 AM #9Junior Guru Wannabe
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Wow, 2 correcting responses you guys run in packs - actually just read wrong, still waking up here *yawn*
Of course, parent domains require registration and many hosts will let you have an unlimited number of both parent and sub domains depending on the plan type.
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07-28-2010, 11:00 AM #12Newbie
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Sorry for the confusion. I meant the domain was for under $10. The host will probably run under $10 per month.
But this still means I can sign up for one domain, sign up for one host provider and have several independent websites. So for less than $11 per month, I can have a website about tires, a website about wheels, a website about cars, a website about music, etc. Still seems like a pretty good deal.
Am I missing something here? It seems too good to be true.
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07-28-2010, 11:31 AM #13Web Hosting Master
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Not too good actually. When you register a domain, you are told what kind of business you are targetting. example: www.cars.com can't be used as your personal blog. You can have subdomains describing different aspects of a car only here.
In most cases, You can't successfully market the subdomains independently. You can make a strong identity for the main domain, and subdomains would be some kind of part of it.Last edited by qtriangle; 07-28-2010 at 11:34 AM. Reason: small edit
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07-28-2010, 11:40 AM #14Web Hosting Master
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Addon domains and subdomains are totally different things. So far I have only seen unlimited subdomains but not unlimited domains. Perhaps you can tell us where you saw the plan with unlimited domains. I would like to have a good look at it.
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07-28-2010, 11:43 AM #15Web Hosting Master
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There are tons of providers who provide this.
example:
http://www.fatcow.com/fatcow/fatcow.bml?page=features
http://www.bluehost.com/cgi/info/hosting_features
http://www.hostgator.com/shared.shtml
... and hundreds of others ...
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07-28-2010, 11:51 AM #16Temporarily Suspended
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That is right. A lot of people think that unlimited subdomains mean new websites but they forget that you have to use the top level domain also. Subdomains are used most of the time by organizations to seperate departments. Example accounting.companyname.com.
I would seriously consider this. You can have as many subdomains as you want to but if you do not have enough space what is it worth?
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07-28-2010, 02:10 PM #17Newbie
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Fatcow states that you can have unlimited domains and unlimited subdomains. Thus I can have two domains ($20) and one Fatcow account ($55) and run two independent websites. I might have to run one as an add-on domain, but either way I have two websites.
If I set up 10 sub-domains to each domain, I can have 22 unique pages, that possibly can look like independent websites (as viewed from the user).
I can put unique ads on those pages and it would appear to the user as unique websites.
Does this make sense?
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07-28-2010, 02:37 PM #18Retired Moderator
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It does make sense, and that's how it works. Just don't go with Fatcow. Hosting is terribly slow there, as is with Ipage. I expect that the other Endurance International Group hosts are just as slow: http://www.bbb.org/boston/business-r...gton-ma-76863/
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07-28-2010, 02:46 PM #19Web Hosting Master
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07-28-2010, 04:50 PM #21Web Hosting Master
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Like it was said above, if your only paying $10/year for your hosting, don't expect the best service...remember the old saying "You get what you pay for". 99% of the time, this is true.
Also if it says you can have unlimited subdomains, that means yes you can have unlimited sub domains but remember you can only host up to as much diskspace as you are allowed.Carolina-Host - The final stop for ALL your web site needs!
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07-28-2010, 08:08 PM #22Web Hosting Master
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Just an idea. If you want web surfers to see each web page as a unique website, you can experiment by using an url forwarding service with cloaking. I haven't tried that yet so I cannot tell you the results for sure but I have tried it successfully for sub-directories.
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07-28-2010, 08:58 PM #23Junior Guru Wannabe
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07-28-2010, 10:01 PM #24Web Hosting Master
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I think you can safely put 20 subdomains without any problem. When your subdomains become really active, then you can consider moving them out to another shared plan
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