An addon domain is a domain name that points to a sub-directory within your current account. You can host additional domains in your hosting account through the Addon Domains feature.
On the precondition that addon domain must be registered domain name you owned. Now if you intend to do it completely by yourself, the NS should be configured to point to HostEase name servers. (HostEase Name Servers are: ns1.hostease.com and ns2.hostease.com)
The operation process is shown in following instruction step by step. Basically, you have to know certain piece of information in your mind prior to doing addon
yourdomain.com
adddomain.com
new directory/
Step 1: To access your cpanel interface, click on the corresponding icon on the main screen of Cpanel
Step 2: Enter the name of the addon domain in the blank field next to “New Domain Name”.
Step 3: Enter the username of the new FTP for the new account in the blank field next to “Subdomain/FTP Username”.
Step 4: Enter the document root for your new site with newdirectory in the Document Root field.
This directory is the location of the addon domain files; just the same as public_html is the location for your primary domain files)
Step 5: Set the password for the new addon domain in the blank, alternatively click on the icon “Password Generator” to create password automatically. Then click “Add Domain” .If you are prompted with a string of words in terms of Name Server or something else, that means you haven’t updated the current NS to HostEase.You are requested to alter the NS to HostEase before adding by yourself.
Note: If you want to use addon domain without altering the current NS, you could ask HostEase customer technical support for help.
After adding it successfully, you are allowed to upload new site files directly to this addon domain with correct username and password in cpanel, or through client FTP tools. Once the addon domain was added successfully into existing account, the directory of addon can’t be changed to another. Recently more and more customers have been involved in this modification. You can solve it unless deleting the addon domain from cpanel then re-add it.
Besides adding addon domain in cpanel, you may remove it from your account as you need. The steps to remove are easy to grasp too. But first and foremost please do remember you are allowed to do that only before updating NS to HostEase.
Details associated with deleting addon domain are below:
First, to access cpanel, find the icon “Addon Domains”, go ahead.
Second, to remove an addon domain by clicking the icon “Remove: under the Actions column.
Additionally, you could also make this addon domain redirect to another URL through Manage Redirection function next to Remove action.
I hope it is helpful when you process addon management. Of course, you can also contact our customer support for technical assistance.