A subdomain is a part of a web address that is under the main domain name, for instance name.example.com. Technically, even in www.example.com the "www" element is a subdomain since the fully qualified domain name is just "example.com". Each subdomain could have its own site and records and can also be hosted through a different company if you need to use a certain feature which isn't provided by your current provider. An example for using a subdomain is if you have a company site along with an online store under a subdomain where clients can purchase your products. Additionally, you can have a forum where they can talk about the products and by using subdomains rather than subfolders you'll avoid any risk of all sites going down when you perform maintenance, or update one of the site scripts. Keeping your sites separated is also more secure in case there is a script security breach.
Subdomains in Shared Web Hosting
Our shared web hosting plans will enable you to create countless subdomains for any domain name hosted in your account without any problem. Assuming that the main domain address is added, it takes two clicks to create a subdomain and pick what folder it'll open (if different from the default one), set unique error pages, activate FrontPage Extensions, set a shared IP address or a dedicated one, and a lot more. All subdomains will be conveniently listed in alphabetical order under their main domain for convenient access and management. By right-clicking on any one of them and by using fast access buttons you can see the error logs, visitor statistics or website files for that particular subdomain. We haven't set a limit for the total amount of subdomains which you can create with any of our plans, so you can have as many as you need.