Addon domains and how to add them to your DirectAdmin hosting

An addon domain name is an additional domain name you have hosted within your hosting service with us allowing you to set up an additional site or emails under the new domain name sharing the resources of your hosting. 

This site and its files are completely separated using different root folders than your primary domains website root folder.

To setup an addon domain name, first you will need to log into your DirectAdmin service.

Once logged in:

  1. Click on “Domain Setup” under the “Account Manager” header on the left or search using the search bar at the top of the page.

2. Once in the Domain Setup tool you will see an overview of your domain/s hosted within your DirectAdmin service. Click Add New on the top right

3. Enter in the domain that you wish to add to your service.
4. Click Create

After the addon domain name has been successfully added to your service, you’ll need to make sure that the new domain name has been pointed towards the correct nameservers or connected using an A record pointed towards your hosting service.