What is the difference between a Sub-Domain, Parked Domain and an Add-On Domain?

This article is a basic outline of the differences between a Sub-Domains, Parked Domains, and Add-On Domains. Creation of each domain type on your selected hosting service may differ depending on what control control panel is offered.

Here are some basic differences between the three:

Sub domain

• Lets say you own domain site1.com.


• You only own 1 domain or only wish to have a forum on one domain.


• You decide to install a forum and want the forum installed in a directory called forum


• Once the sub-domain forum is created, people can access your forum as either site1.com/forum or forum.site1.com