Many people don’t realize you can have up to 100 domains and websites on one BlueHost Cpanel account. The trick is, you have to “Assign” the domain and map it a folder on your hosting server so that each domain can be treated as a separate, independent website.
This video shows you how to Assign a domain in BlueHost and install WordPress in the correct folder.
Note: this video assumes that you have already registered your new domain at BlueHost, or if your domain is registered somewhere else, you have pointed the DNS settings over to BlueHost so that it can host your website content. See this tutorial if you need help pointing your DNS servers over.
Let me know if you have any questions in the comments below!
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Article by » Don Campbell
Don is an entrepreneur based in Silicon Valley. He founded Expand2Web and is the publisher of the Expand2Web Blog and the SmallBiz WordPress Theme.
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I wonder if I can do this with my Network Solutions account. I pay them to host my WordPress website and an additional hosting fee with FTP access where I can post non-WordPress pages.
Kathy
Hi Kathy,
Most hosting providers allow you to do something like this, but how you set it up may look a little different…
Thanks, Don!
Hi,
I have just registered a new domain, completely unrelated from my main one, and want to add it on my BlueHost account.
BlueHost makes me register it as an addon domain AND as a subdomain of my main domain, therefore I can build the site and blah blah blah, but my question is, if someone searches “addon domain” (the keyword I choose for my domain) on Google, Google gives also “addondomain.maindomain.com” within the results, right? And there is a way to don’t let this happen right?
Cheers
Hi Franz – no need to worry – it will show up as addondomain.com. Bluehost does create the subdomain for you, but it’s only for temporary use. I never use them.
You can use the actual domain – it’s totally transparent and will show up perfectly in Google once you get your site indexed.
I’ve done this with a bunch of sites and it’s all good. The only thing you want to make sure of, is when you install WordPress, install it on your addondomain.com not on the subdomain. Just don’t use the subdomain for anything.
Thank you very much Don
thank you don.. it was of great help