How to add an addon domain to your cPanel

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You can host multiple domains in one hosting account. All you have to do is to add them to your cPanel as addon domains.
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You can host multiple domains in one hosting account. All you have to do is to add these additional domains to your cPanel as addon domains.
An addon domain is a separate domain that is hosted on your primary domain but it appears as if it is hosted on it's own account. If you were to addon
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An addon domain acts a completely separate site that is hosted on it's own account, though it is hosted along with your main domain. If you add
"newdomain.com", a user browsing to your site will see "newdomain.com" in the URL, but it will be redirecting it to a specific folder under your primary domain.
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"additionaldomain.com" to your cPanel,  your site will have "additionaldomain.com" in the URL, but it will be redirecting the user to a specific folder under your primary domain.
There are 3 ways of accessing an addon domain:
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Generally you can access your addon domain in the following ways:
  
 
1. addondomain.com
 
1. addondomain.com
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Please follow these steps to add your domain as an addon:
 
Please follow these steps to add your domain as an addon:
  
Login to your control panel >> Click on Addon Domains. Here you have to fill the following details:
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Login to your control panel >> Click on Addon Domains.  
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Here you have to fill the following details:
  
New Domain Name : New addon domain which you want to add.
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New Domain Name : New additional domain which you want to add.
  
UserName/SubDomain Name : FTP Username for addon domain (With this username a folder will get automatically created in your public_html (i.e.,public_html/username) for your addon domain. This folder will contain files for your addon domain.)
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UserName/SubDomain Name : FTP Username for addon domain (Once the desired username is created it will also automatically create a folder in your public_html (i.e.public_html/username) for your additional domain. Files for the addon domain will be located within this folder.)
  
 
Password  : FTP Password for addon domain (Password for your addon domain)
 
Password  : FTP Password for addon domain (Password for your addon domain)
  
Please note that the FTP login details for your addon domain should not be same as your main domain.
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Please note that the FTP login details for the addon domain should not be same as your main domain.
  
  
 
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