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I would like to start a SMALL web design business where I intend to buy hosting for maybe 10 or 20 websites for customers that won’t have a need to have their own Control Panel. Most hosting sites seem to have pretty cheap hosting plans where you can host “Unlimited Domains”. It sounds like this would be all I need, as long as I didn’t need each website “owner” to be able to have their own control panel, because I think there would be one Primary domain (my web design company’s domain) and all the other websites I host would be “add-ons”. At least this is what Host Gator told me.

Assuming you understand what I’m looking to do, do you agree that one of these cheaper hosting plans that off hosting for unlimited domains would be all I need (usually they are about 5 – 8 dollars per month)?

And if anyone could elaborate on exactly what “addons” are, that would be great. I just need to make sure that if one of my customers has the domain www.theirwebsite.com and it’s one of these “addons” in my hosting account, they will still be able to get to the website by typing “www.theirwebsite.com” into any web browser. I’m a little fuzzy on the downside of “addons” (if any)

Answer:

What HostGator says is true. Are you already committed to getting an account with them? If so use this Host Gator Coupon Code: HGFOR25LESS to save 25% on your first term.

If you’re still shopping, you can do way better on the pricing and still get unlimited domains by getting a WebHostingPad account. Hosting is as low as $1.99/month. That’s a far cry from the $5-$8 that HG wants. And if you use Web Hosting Pad Coupon Code: FREEDOMAIN, you can get your domain name free.

How Addon Domains Work

When you get our WHP account, you’ll sign up with a primary domain name. That will be yours. Probably your web design company name. To set up addon domains..

• Your customers will buy a domain name (or you buy it for them). A name is the same no matter where you buy it from, so use the cheapest domain name registrar. I use NameCheap. Use the coupon code on that page.
• You then login to Name Cheap and change the DNS nameservers to ns1.webhostingpad.com and ns2.webhostingpad.com.
• Then login to your WHP cPanel control panel, go to Domains and create an addon domain using the new domain name. (Just remember, you have to change those nameservers first.) It will create a folder in the root of your hosting account with the domain name.
• Now publish their website files to that folder.
• When you type their domain name in the browser, it will resolve to their site, just like you want.

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