Dividing up an account.

[Techrat]

Sorry if these are real newbie questions, but if I dont ask...

Eventually I want to setup my own web design and reseller service and I need to setup some sites to show what I can do. I want to setup 3 or 4 different sites cheaply. Each with its own unique URL. (ie. www.XYZ-company.com, www.EFG-corp.net, etc.)

If I purchase a nexBusiness account, would there be a way to set the 5 sub-domains to have unique domain names instead of www.EFG-corp.mysite.com or www.mysite.com/long/url/etc/etc?

What are the advantages of a Multi-hosted domain over a regular subdomain? And would purchasing more of these be to my advantage rather than altering subdomains?


Techrat

[AusRef]

A Multi-Hosted domain is like an entirely separate site in your own account. It can have its own domain, its own FTP login details, and is totally separately hosted.

A subdomain, on the other hand, appears as companyname.yourdomain.com and then forwards the user (invisibly perhaps) to http://www.yourdomain.com/whatever/s...ory/you/want/.

So if you are wanting to set up example sites with their own domains, yes - you want Multi-Hosted domains, of which a NexBusiness account has 2, and can have (if paid for) up to 10.

After that point you would want to look at the options for resellers, who I believe can set up unlimited domains in this manner - but of course you still have to pay for the domains themselves ($12.95 from HN).

If it would be fine for sample sites to be samplecompany.yourdomain.com, then you've got 10 subdomains to play with on NexBusiness.

The simplest and cheapest way to set up your showcase domains would be to use Frame forwarding (provided by your Registrar) and forward it to subdomain.mainaccount.com. It would show as showcasedomain.com in the browser.

[Techrat]

Sincere appreciation for the help AusRef & grumpydog.
One more question.

Are the 2 Multi-hosted domains that come in a nexBusiness account in addition to your main domain or is one your main and the other a secondary domain in the same account?

Example 1
www.company.com (main)
www.company1.com (multi-homed)
www.company2.com (multi-homed)

Example 2
www.company.com (multi-homed/main)
www.company1.com (multi-homed)

Techrat

[NexDog]

Hi Techrat,

Welcome to HostNexus! Glad to see a few members have been helping you out with your questions. You'll find everyone is here to help and learn.

As for NexBusiness, your second example is correct. There are a total of 2 domains on that account. If you have any more questions, you know what to do!