Parking - Vs - Forwarding

[442GlenwoodAvenue]

When I see "parking" a domain on top of another discussed around here, it apparently means that you want an unhosted domain name to forward to the hosted domain name (I've never done this myself). And apparently this is done through Cpanel.

 

What is the advantage of doing this - vs - simply forwarding the domain name at the registrar level (which is how I've always done it).

 

I think what threw me at first about "parking" (as it's used here) is that I traditionally thought of it as:

 

"Domain Name Parking means we will host your domain name with a 'coming soon' web page." (definition from google search).

[kaseytraeger]

I've just had a couple of domains parked on top of my original domain. From what I'm able to see from a user's point of view, parking a domain allows you to still access internal files and folders.

 

For example, I now have my domains parked one on top of the other. Let's say I was trying to access a file called hello.htm located on domain1.com. Typically, I would type www.domain1.com/hello.htm

 

By parking another domain on top of domain1.com, I can access that file like this.

www.domain2.com/hello.htm

 

If I only used the forwarding option provided by my registrar, I noticed that I was not able to directly access the hello.htm file. Instead, I would receive a 404 Page Not Found error.

 

I don't know if this is the true difference between parking and forwarding, but it's one difference I noted. This was important to me because I have a small website that I want family and friends to be able to access, but I want to let my original domain name, domain1.com, expire at the end of it's term. This way, I can gradually move the domain content to my new domain name, domain2.com, and have plenty of time to notify friends and family. Either way, until the expiration actually takes place, the transfer looks completely transparent to them.

[442GlenwoodAvenue]

OK, thanks - I think I get it. Sounds like there is no reason for me to stop forwarding at the registrar level, unless I want more control (which I don't need for now).