Multiple Domain and Website Hosting

What many don't realise is that generally you don't purchase a website, you purchase a hosting account.

In some cases this can only be used to host a single domain and hence a single website. In others the account can be used to host multiple domains and hence multiple websites.

Benefits of Hosting Multiple Domains on a Single Host

Because domains are much cheaper than web site hosting accounts, choosing an account that offers multiple domain hosting is a far cheaper way of hosting multiple web sites  than purchasing a hosting account for each website.

As an example the hosting provider 1and1 provider (link below) offer a simple hosting package for approx £70 per year and UK domains for approx £2.00 per year. If I have four websites then to host using:

a) separate accounts cost= £70 *4 + 4*2= £288 per year

b) A single account and multiple domains cost = £70 + £2.0 *4=£78 per year.

The saving is £210 per year.

The Hosting account also has a single password and hence once logged in you can administer each domain. Therefore each domain should belong to you.

Hosting Providers that Support Multiple Domains

Because of the popularity of mini websites and website reselling there are many hosting companies that specialize in providing multiple domain hosting and offer substantial discounts depending on the number of domains you intend to host.

 Hosting Multiple domains on a single account has the potential to significantly reduce your hosting costs, but as is the case for choosing any hosting provider you should be aware of what other website services you require, and choose your hosting provider accordingly.

Don't just go for the cheapest or the one that provides the most services!

Here is a short list of the ones I have found while searching the Internet. If you do this search yourself you should also try "hosting reseller" as many sell multiple domains as a reseller service.

UK

• One and one

USA

• Blue Host Web Hosting - $6.95/mo! - USA based Professional website hosting . Incredible feature rich package including Wordpress.

Sub domains as an Alternative

Rather than get another domain name it is possible instead to use a subdomain of the the existing domain name in which case you don't even need to purchase a separate domain name.

However this will only work if the websites are related. Take a look a subdomains to see how they work and when they are used.

Implementing Multiple Domain Hosting

 How multiple domain hosting works takes you through the common techniques used to host multiple sites on a single host.