As a webmaster, you must have been familiar with what
the industry calls
"shared hosting plan" which is a cheap way
to put your website. A hosting
provider can offers that service cheap because you
only use a small amount of
the storage capacity of a server which is shared among
many other users.
Unfortunately many of them only let you host one
domain under one account. It
will not be a problem if you don't have a plan to
build more than one websites.
But the story could be different when you want to
do it in the future where you
will have to open an additional hosting account everytime
you host a new domain
name. Imagine how much money you have to spend every
month just for paying your
hosting service.
On the other hand, using a hosting provider that
allows you host all of your
domains under one account will save your money over
a host that insists that you
open a new account for each site. That way you can
create several websites to
promote different products without having to be upset
about any extra fees.
It is entirely up to you what kind of websites you
intend to build. You can
build online directories, websites that full of contents
and/or websites that
consist of one long sales letter that you can promote
with PPC or ezine. Of
course you can promote unrelated products using only
one website but it would
not look professional in the eyes of your site visitors.
Keep in mind that a
good domain name is usually related to the content
of a website.
Some multiple domain hosting companies also provide
Fantastico. Building
different type of websites such as classified ads,
online directory or blog can
be accomplished very easily by using this feature.
To make it better, you can even register your additional
domain names through
a cheap registrar such as GoDaddy. After registering
the domain names with the
registrar don't forget to setup the DNS addresses
provided by your host. Then go
into the "add-on domain" sub menu in your
hosting Control Panel and fill in the
blanks with the name of your new domains and the subdirectories
for them. Do it
for each of your domains. Wait a few days (usually
less than 48 hours) before
the master list the domain registrar updates will
be shared throughout the
internet and all name servers know where to find your
new domain.
With multiple domain hosting you can go about setting
up specific email
addresses, subdirectories, databases and FTP accounts
for each of your domains.
In fact there are no real differences between using
a multiple domain hosting
plan and a conventional shared hosting plan.
You can find multiple domain plans starting at about
$10 a month. Compared
with a conventional shared hosting, the price is not
much different and even
might be cheaper than the price of your current hosting
service.
With so many profitable products you can sell online,
the move is one you
will never regret. Finally, it is your own decision
whether you are ready and
willing to use a multiple domain hosting service and
save yourself some hard
earned cash. The choice is absolutely yours.
