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What Is The Difference Between A Sub-Domain, Parked Domain And An Add-on Domain?

Domain 07/11/2026
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Solution</span></p>
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<p class="top" style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 13px;"><strong>Sub domain</strong></span></p>
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<li>Let's say your domain is <strong><em>domain.com</em></strong>.</li>
<li>You install a E-Commerce and put in a directory called<strong><em> domain.com/<span style="text-decoration: underline;">commerce/</span></em></strong>.</li>
<li>You can turn the directory <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">commerce into a sub-domain by <br />adding it as a sub-domain from your Control Panel.</span></li>
<li>Now you can access your E-Commerce as either <strong><em>domain.com/<span style="text-decoration: underline;">commerce </span></em>OR</strong><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">commerce.domain.com</span></em></strong></li>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 13px;"><strong>Parked Domain</strong></span></p>
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<li>You have several domains <em><strong>domain.com</strong></em>,<em><strong> domain.org</strong></em>,<em><strong> domain.biz</strong></em> and <em><strong>domain.net</strong></em>.</li>
<li><em><strong>domain.com</strong></em> is the domain of your website and you <br />want to add <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">domain.org,<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> domain.biz <span style="font-weight: bold;">and<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> domain<em><strong>.net</strong></em>.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li>You want them both to go to the <strong>same place</strong>. In other words, when <br />someone types either <em><strong>domain.com</strong></em>,<em><strong>domain.org</strong></em>,<em><strong> domain.biz </strong></em>or<em><strong> </strong></em><strong><em>domain.net</em></strong> they will go to the <strong>same</strong> page(s) on your <br />website.</li>
<li>In order to have additional parked domains you need to purchase the <br />additional domain(s).</li>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 6pt;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 13px;"><strong>Add-On Domains</strong></span></p>
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<li>You have two domains <em><strong>domain.com</strong></em> and<em><strong> addondomain.com</strong></em>.</li>
<li>You want the two domains to be <strong>totally separate/independent</strong> websites.</li>
<li>In order to have additional add-on domains you need to purchase the <br />additional domain(s).</li>
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