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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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 🙂
Hi Don,
Thanks for the info, It is very helpful. Now, I wonder how about the email address? Say I already have email address for my first domain, [email protected]. Is it able to make another mail address like [email protected]? or we are only to use the first domain?
Thanks in advance
Saad, it depends on where those domains are registered, and how you have the MX records set up for email. If they are all registered on BlueHost, you can easily create email accounts for each domain.
If they are registered elsewhere, you have to point the nameservers over to BlueHost and then you can set up the email addresses.
Thanks for the useful video! I was looking everywhere for this info.
Me too! looked everywhere for this info. This sure helps!
Thanks, Don. You saved me the rookie mistake and cost of getting a new hosting account. Best wishes.
Thank you Don. Appreciate your work..My question..Can we do like this for Joomla as well? If yes, my another website will be on in another 2 months and the credit goes to you…
This is very interesting, I thought I can only host one domain per account. Now, I will pack all my domain blogger.com to selfhosted. Thanks a lot.
I never knew this when I registered my first domain with Bluehost. After reading your post, I just confirm with Bluehost Customer support also. Truly amazing. I can save huge amt.
Thank you very much Don!
Hi Don,
I can not see the video in China (most US video websites restricked), please let me know how can I learn this from you.
Thanks a lot
Thank you!! I tried unsuccessfully to do this with instructions from at least half a dozen other websites before stumbling on yours. Way clearer and easier than anybody else made this process, thanks again.
Hi Don,
Thank you times a million for this wonderful walkthrough. You’ve made my life a lot cheaper! One question- after changing the domain to the Bluehost DNS settings, how long will it take to populate in the cPanel Domain Manager?
Hoping I did not miss a step.
Thanks!
Hi Teresa,
Did you add it as an “additional domain” in your Bluehost Cpanel?
Perfect..Thank You Don..Now I am gonna have couple of websites shortly..
Incredibly helpful. Thank you!
Hi
My websites are hosted in homestead but recently I purchased host from bluehost and developed websites and I transferred the domain name into bluhost .But the problem here is how to assign the new site into the existing domain name
Very helpful. Thanks!