: Create subdomains via C-Panel or via domain registrar? I am a novice, so excuse me if it sounds dummy. I read a few similar questions on this topic here but they did not answer my question.

@Looi9037786

I have unlimited subdomains option.

When I check my DNS management control panel in my domain registrar's site

Now I want to buy a new domain name from 1and1, and have it as an add-on domain in my prevouse host.


It sounds like your hosting isn't with 1&1, only your domain registration. Therefore 1&1's sub-domain limitations do not apply.

Add-on and sub-domains you create in cPanel do not need DNS entries as they will share the same IP address. They are created as VirtualHosts in apache config.

As long as your main domain (eg, example.com) A record is pointed to your hosting IP address, then you can create as many sub-domains as you like.

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@Lee4591628

If you have root access and WHM management for your cPanel server, you can create and use your own private nameservers and bypass any limits 1and1 has on your DNS records. So after your nameservers are registered and set up (another topic I can help with), change the domain's nameservers at 1and1 and you can do all the DNS management in WHM/cPanel.

You will need an extra IP on the server so each nameserver is on a different IP (the 1st nameserver can use the main shared IP).

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@LarsenBagley505

I'm posting an answer now that i've done some more research regarding your subdomains. 1&1 apparently does not allow unlimited subdomains. See their FAQ here faq.1and1.com/domains/domains_explained/subdomains/5.html
Each pricing plan comes with a set quantity of subdomains allowed per main domain.

Creating an A record wildcard subdomain might be a work around but you will need to setup rules in either .htaccess or your application to monitor the URL and that's not guaranteed to work and will take up time to write the code.

My suggestion is to switch hosts to www.hostmonster.com/cgi/info/hosting_features they offer unlimited domains, and unlimited sub-domains. So you can have all your domains in one account and easily, very easily manage your sub-domains. They also use cPanel so you'll be comfortable with them.

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@Goswami781

There are two ways of getting subdomains. One is that the DNS is set up so that every subdomain gets sent to your server (wildcard DNS record) and then the server is configured to display different sites at each subdomain.

The other is that the subdomains are set up on the DNS explicitly and are associated with an IP address of a server that is configured to display the appropriate site at those subdomains.

It sounds like 1and1 are doing the second thing.

The way add-on domains work is that if your main hosting is at example.com and you add-on example2.com then behind the scenes a new subdomain is created example2.example.com and example2.com is redirected to that. From the research I've done it doesn't appear that you can have sub-sub-domains, so you can't have sub.example2.com because you can't have sub.sub.example.com, which is what it would need to map to behind the scenes.

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