Explaining Domains: How to use a Primary, Addon, Parked, and Subdomains in cPanel

Learn the different types of domains that are used in an InMotion Hosting account. Each hosting account provided with the cPanel interface includes a primary domain and the ability to support addon domains, parked domains, and subdomains. We will define each type, where to find them in cPanel, and how each are used.

00:00 Introduction animation
00:09 Introduction to tutorial domain types used in cPanel
00:36 What is a Primary domain?
01:17 Placeholder names for accounts
01:31 What are Addon domains?
01:59 Document root
04:19 What is a Parked domain? (Also known as an Alias)
05:26 What are Subdomains?
06:46 Conclusion

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[postnatalmotcoach]

When you create under the primary domain for a client. Can alias or Parked domain be used for staging . Or would the client first buy domain and then this is the direction to take, as I set up subdomains to stage. Was that wrong ?

[Money-talking]

Thank you very much for clearing that up. It's very disturbing to me that you can access one domain by blending them together, all because the primary domain has been somewhat declared king. Makes me want to dig deeper into the structure...

[postnatalmotcoach]

What if you pr primary domain wasn’t intended to be the primary and cpanel is already set up