{"id":5095,"date":"2021-10-15T19:40:14","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T19:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=5095"},"modified":"2023-01-26T08:23:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T00:23:16","password":"","slug":"how-to-addon-a-domain-to-the-same-hosting","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/help\/how-to-addon-a-domain-to-the-same-hosting\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Addon a Domain to the Same Hosting?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your CLDY Web Hosting account allows you to add up to 5 add-on domains, which allows you to own six websites, or six domains you can use for websites plus emails or just some for websites and some for just emails.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In order to add more domains to your CLDY Web Hosting account, here are the steps you must go through.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><strong>Log In to your CLDY cPanel.\u00a0<br \/><br \/><\/strong>Usually, the cPanel Web Address can be navigated to through your domain, in this format:\u00a0\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/yourdomain.com\/cpanel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/yourdomain.com\/cpanel<\/a>\u00a0<br \/><br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\">\r\n<li><strong>Click on &#8220;Addon Domains&#8221; under the Domain section<\/strong>.<br \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6002\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/addon-domain-same-hosting_cpanel-homepage-addon-domains-1-300x51.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"51\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/addon-domain-same-hosting_cpanel-homepage-addon-domains-1-300x51.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/addon-domain-same-hosting_cpanel-homepage-addon-domains-1-768x131.png 768w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/addon-domain-same-hosting_cpanel-homepage-addon-domains-1.png 958w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/><br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"3\">\r\n<li><strong>Under \u201cNew Domain Name,\u201d add your other domain without the \u201cwww\u201d.\u00a0<br \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6006\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/addon-domain-same-hosting_create-addon-domain-300x166.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/addon-domain-same-hosting_create-addon-domain-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/addon-domain-same-hosting_create-addon-domain.png 669w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/><br \/><\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"4\">\r\n<li><strong><strong>Modify the document root or folder name if you want to.\u00a0<br \/><br \/><\/strong><\/strong>\r\n<p>By default, the document root or folder name for your new domain is named after your domain, complete with the .com. If you prefer not to have the \u201c.com\u201d or the tld (\u201ctop level domain,\u201d i.e. \u201c.com,\u201d \u201c.net,\u201d \u201c.biz\u201d) appended to the folder, you can modify this field.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<strong><strong>\r\n\r\n<\/strong><\/strong>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<strong><strong>\r\n\r\n<\/strong><\/strong>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Modifying the folder name would be useful if you have a certain way of organizing the folders within your File Manager that would make things more orderly and systematic for you. A must for Marie Kondo-ish geeks!<\/p>\r\n<strong><strong>\r\n\r\n<\/strong><\/strong>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"5\">\r\n<li><strong><strong>Don\u2019t check the \u201cCreate an FTP account associated with this Addon Domain\u201d if you won\u2019t be using FTP anyway.\u00a0<br \/><br \/><\/strong><\/strong>\r\n<p>As we explained in our Knowledgebase article \u201cHow to upload source code via FTP,\u201d FTP has security vulnerabilities that you might not want to deal with, so if you really have no need for it, it\u2019s best to not create an FTP account. You can always create an FTP account via your cPanel should you need it anyway.<br \/><br \/><\/p>\r\n<strong><strong>\r\n\r\n<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"6\">\r\n<li><strong>Click Add Domain.\u00a0<br \/><br \/><\/strong>Don\u2019t forget this step, as this saves the changes you\u2019ve made.<br \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/addon-domain-same-hosting_add-domain-save.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"131\" height=\"62\" \/><br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"7\">\r\n<li><strong><strong>There you have it, you\u2019ve successfully added a new domain!\u00a0<br \/><br \/><\/strong><\/strong>\r\n<p>In order to point your domain to your CLDY Web Hosting Account, you\u2019ll have to go in to your domain account\u2019s dashboard, find your domain there, and set your nameservers to point to your CLDY Web Hosting Account.<br \/><br \/><br \/><br \/><br \/><\/p>\r\n<strong><strong>\r\n\r\n<\/strong><\/strong>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>If you have purchased your domain through CLDY, you won\u2019t need to modify anything. By default, your nameservers are set to:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>ns1.cldy.com<\/li>\r\n<li>ns2.cldy.com<\/li>\r\n<li>ns3.cldy.com<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019re using other services but you bought your domain from CLDY, and you want to point it to another service, such as WordPress.com, Medium, Blogger, Wix, Tumblr, Weebly, HubSpot CMS, among <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/best-free-blogging-sites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">other blogging and free website platforms<\/a>, you can simply set up your CLDY domain from the CLDY Client Portal at <a href=\"https:\/\/manage.cldy.com\/login\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/manage.cldy.com\/login<\/a>, follow your platform\u2019s instructions, and link your CLDY domain to the platform you use.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>If you purchased your domains elsewhere, please refer to these manuals for how to point your domain to CLDY:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.namecheap.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/article.aspx\/9837\/46\/how-to-connect-a-domain-to-a-server-or-hosting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Namecheap.com<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ph.godaddy.com\/help\/change-nameservers-for-my-domains-664\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">GoDaddy.com<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.domain.com\/help\/article\/domain-management-how-to-find-your-default-nameservers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Domain.com<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You may also refer to our Knowledgebase article \u201cHow to point my domain to CLDY?\u201d for more information.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you bought your domain from another company that\u2019s not listed there, let us know by chatting with us, and we\u2019ll help you setting up your domain with your CLDY Web Hosting service!<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your CLDY Web Hosting account allows you to add up to 5 add-on domains, which allows you to own six websites, or six domains you can use for websites plus emails or just some for websites and some for just emails.\u00a0 &nbsp; In order to add more domains to your CLDY Web Hosting account, here [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[31],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-5095","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-web-hosting"],"year_month":"2026-07","word_count":542,"total_views":0,"reactions":{"happy":0,"normal":0,"sad":0},"author_info":{"name":"cldy","author_nicename":"loriecldy","author_url":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/author\/loriecldy\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Web Hosting","term_url":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/help-category\/web-hosting\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/5095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5095"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/5095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6014,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/5095\/revisions\/6014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=5095"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=5095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}