A subdomain is part of a web address that is under the main domain, for example name.example.com. Actually, even in www.example.com the "www" part is a subdomain because the fully qualified domain name is only "example.com". Every single subdomain could have its own web site and records and can also be hosted with a different provider if you want to use a specific feature that is not offered by your current provider. A good example for using a subdomain is if you have a business website along with an online store under a subdomain where clients can acquire your products. Additionally, you can have a forum where they can discuss the products and by using subdomains rather than subfolders you will avoid any chance of all sites going down when you perform maintenance, or update one of the website scripts. Keeping your sites separated is also more secure in the event of a script security breach.
Subdomains in Hosting
Every single hosting package that we offer will permit you to create hundreds of subdomains with no more than a few mouse clicks inside your hosting Control Panel. They are going to be listed in the section where you create them and arranged under the main domain for more convenience, to help you effortlessly keep an eye on them all. Additionally, you can access a lot of functions for any one of the subdomains through right-click context menus - for example, you can view or change their DNS records, access the website files, and a lot more. While setting up a new subdomain, you'll also have many options that you can choose from - determine the default access folder, create customized error pages, activate FrontPage Extensions or select if the subdomain is going to use a shared or a dedicated IP address. The number of subdomains you are going to have is entirely up to you as we haven't restricted this feature for any one of our plans.