As long as the hosting business has existed, they started with the ability to have only one site hosted per account. As technology has improved as well as structures, a shift has been seen in the offerings from those allowing you to buy web hosting. They are now offering packages which include a set number of addon domains, and some allow unlimited add on domains. A wise choice is to still not host too many domains within the same account, but this is a huge money saver for those who may want to host a couple of small sites.

An add on domain is as the name implies added on to your existing hosting account. A main domain will always be hosted for the account, and then normally within a subfolder on that account, your addon domain will be hosted. So when you connect via ftp the first folder you see will be for maindomain.com files. You will then create a subfolder or the hosting will create the subfolder for you (typically related to the domain), like a folder named addondomain.com, will contain the files for your second domain. Typing in maindomain.com or addondomain.com will bring it up as its own site. Your visitor will not know it is hosted on the same hosting as it will appear separately hosted.

Almost all web hosts now promote affordable low cost web hosting solutions, and typically their medium based packages will offer the add on domain in the package. Every provider is different and make sure to double check their features listed. Once you find the provider you want to go with, you then rinse and repeat with as many domains as the provider will allow you to add on. Noting it can get messy with a lot of extra subfolders and you must remember to not delete them.

Now that you are able to host multiple domains within one account, enjoy your savings.