How to Create a Sub Domain in cPanel

What is a Sub Domain?

A sub-domain is a branch of your existing domain name and is often used for organising within a domain name. Within every Cheap Host package, you can create unlimited sub-domains to help structure your website more effectively.

An example of a subdomain might be shop.domain.com or admin.domain.com

In the example given above domain.com is the top-level domain (TLD), and ‘shop’ and ‘admin’ are both sub-domains.

When to Use a Sub-domain

One of the common uses of sub-domains is as a staging domain for a website. For example, when designing or updating a site, it can be useful to manage the process on a sub-domain.

Another common usage is for e-commerce websites. Due to the nature and complexity of e-commerce sites, webmasters often use a sub-domain for the shop area.

Many webmasters will also use sub-domains to structure a site by location. Examples of this might be uk.domain.com or usa.domain.com.

Some developers will also use sub-domains for a mobile version of a website. For example, mobile.domain.com or m.domain.com

Create your Sub-domain in cPanel

Firstly, you will need to login to cPanel using your username and password (this is contained in your ‘New Account Information’ email)

• Once logged in go to cPanel --> Domains (tab) --> Domains

Alternatively, you can go to the search bar at the top right-hand corner of the screen and type ‘Domains’ then choose ‘Domains’ from the drop down menu

• You will now see a list of the current domains. On the right-hand side of the screen click the ‘Create a New Domain’ button

• Next type in your sub-domain into the textbox labelled ‘Domain’. IN the example we have created a sub-domain ‘subdomain.domain.com’. Now click ‘Submit’ or ‘Submit and Create Another’. You have successfully created a sub-domain in cPanel.

Remove or Edit a Sub-Domain

• Once logged in go to cPanel --> Domains (tab) --> Domains

You will now see a list of the sub-domains. Go to the sub-domain you want to remove or edit and click ‘Manage’.

You will now see Manage the subdomain “subdomain.domain.com”. From here, you can update the domain with a new sub-domain or click “Remove Domain” to delete the sub-domain from the system.