LeeD Posted February 24, 2005 Posted February 24, 2005 I have been wanting to buy hosting and a domain for awhile now, and, while researching this, I happened upon your site. I have really enjoyed reading the various postings in your forums--very informative for me, since I have never done this before! I am unfamiliar with some of the hosting "terminology", so if this has already been asked/answered, I do apologize. I would like to purchase two domain names (which are available), but actually use only one at the present time. I would buy the second domain for a future use. I have seen various posts which refer to parking domains, but I am not sure if this is what my situation will be? I appreciate any information you may care to provide. This is a very nice site! Regards, Lee Quote
bellringr Posted February 24, 2005 Posted February 24, 2005 Hi Lee As far as I know, you can always purchase a domain name without having it hosted somewhere. If you want it to be parked on top of your main domain, when someone types in your second domain, they will see your main domain's index (main) page. Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted February 25, 2005 Posted February 25, 2005 Hi Lee, welcome to the forums. bellringer is correct. You can purchase a domain name and just leave it sit without having a web site to use it with. Good to do if you want to reserve a domain name. And you can also park that domain over the domain you actually set up. Then entering either domain name will take you to the single web site. There is no charge to park a domain over an existing domain. When you purchase a hosting account you can only host 1 domain within that hosting account (excluding parking another on top of it). To host 2 domains with different content requires multiple hosting accounts or a reseller account which allows you to add as many web sites as your space allows with separate domain names. Quote
LeeD Posted February 25, 2005 Author Posted February 25, 2005 Bellringr and Bruce--thanks so much for clarifying that for me. I appreciate the info, and will be signing up for an account/domain names ASAP. Quote
stevevan Posted February 25, 2005 Posted February 25, 2005 Once you sign up, be sure to go to the "Introductions" section and say "Hi!" Welcome to the forums! Quote
devilish Posted March 10, 2005 Posted March 10, 2005 Hi there I have a question along similar lines. Ive been with TCH for nearly 2 years now and I was thinking of upgrading to a Semi-dedicated package. If I were to purchase your Semi-Dedicated packaged, would I be able to host more than 1 site on my hosting, as it doesnt seem to state this on the order page. Quote
TCH-Rick Posted March 10, 2005 Posted March 10, 2005 Yes, the Semi-Dedicated is basically a large reseller account. It provides all of the features of a reseller account including the Web Host Manager (WHM.) Quote
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