How to Add a Domain Alias in a cPanel Account

How to Add a Domain Alias in cPanel Account?

How to Add a Domain Alias in cPanel Account?

By | July 28, 2024

A domain alias serves as an additional domain that can be associated with an existing website. For instance, if you want to enable access to the website “example.com” using another domain such as “example.net” you simply have to include “example.net” as an alias for the site.

Benefits of Domain aliases

  • You can use domain aliases to help you handle lots of different domain names for just one website.
  • Domain aliases can help make your brand stand out, boost your search engine ranking, and make it easier to manage your website
  • Domain aliases can be used to target various geographic areas, make specific landing pages, and handle multiple business entities.

Create a Domain Alias in cPanel

Step 1: Login to cPanel.

Navigate to the “Domains” section and select the Domains option.

 

Step 2: After this click on “Create A New Domain” option.

New Domain
Step 3: Enter the domain name you want to add as an alias in the ‘Domain’ box.

Add as a domain alias
Step 4: Make sure to check the box that says “Share document root” so that the domain can have the same content as the main site. This will make it like an alias.

Domain Aliases

Step 5: Complete the process by selecting the ‘Submit’ button to generate your alias.

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FAQs

Is a Domain Alias the Same as a Redirect?

No, it’s not the same. Even though they both involve different domains, there are important distinctions. A domain alias URL won’t change in the address bar, but it will still take you straight to the website.

But a domain redirect, on the other hand, changes the URL in the address bar to that of the primary domain before you can access the website. However, a domain redirect will switch the URL in the address bar to the main domain’s URL before you can visit the website.

The distinction between URL and Alias?

The web address is called the URL, and an alternative domain name for a website is known as an alias. Each alias has its own URL different from the main domain.