Multiple Domains with same webspace?

Posted by Joe on January 30, 2005, 11:53 pm

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Hi, I was just wondering if it is possible to buy/rent a chunk of webspace
and then have multiple domains registered to different parts of it?

So if my main domain was joe.com and it would go to the root of my webspace.

Then I registered john.com and it would go to a directory from the same
webspace but would appear that it was going to a root i.e. no joe.com/john
just john.com.

I don't want to use the frame thing where it make the browser look like it
is called john.com but all links etc are joe.com/john/bg.gif etc.

Is this possible and does it have a name?

Thanks - Joe

Posted by Toby Inkster on January 31, 2005, 12:13 am

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Joe wrote:

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If your using an Apache server, it's called Virtual Hosts.

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Posted by Fred Atkinson on January 31, 2005, 12:16 am

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        A number of hosting providers do that. There is usually an
additional charge per domain hosted, but it is not nearly as much as
if you create a separate hosting account for each domain.

        Be sure to shop around for the best price.

        Regards,

                                        Fred

Posted by William Tasso on January 31, 2005, 1:03 am

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Joe wrote:
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Hey Joe

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Yep

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Set up like that so you can have just one ftp(whatever) connection to
manage all the domains.

No idea how others manage their servers.

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Posted by Auerbach on January 31, 2005, 1:53 am

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The easiest way to do this is to buy a reseller account. This is designed to
allow you to resell hosting to others, but you can simply use it to create
shared hosting for a number of your own domains. Typical costs (in the U.S.)
for budget-priced services are $10 to $25 per month, for 1 to 10 gigs of
hard drive space and more bandwidth than you are likely to use. Look for
"WHM" (web hosting manager) as the tool to establish domains, allocate disk
space to each, etc., and CPanel to manage each domain. See
http://www.cpanel.net/ for details.

You want a service that allows you a high or unlimited numbers of domains,
MySQL databases and e-mail accounts. Look for an outfit that actually owns
its own servers, rather than is itself reselling, and that has been in
business for some time. Ask for the names of domains it hosts (many proudly
list this) and check to see if the response time for pages on those sites is
good.

Above all, keep backups of all your sites on your own hard drive. Hosting is
a fiercely competitive business with thin profit margins, and companies go
out of business from time to time with little or no warning. (A good reason
NOT to register your domains through the same outfit that sells you
hosting.)

The costs cited above are, as noted, for 'budget' priced services. You can
easily pay five to ten times as much for higher quality services, which may
well be worth it if you are hosting commercial sites and need the very best
hardware, connectivity and service.