Combine 3 domain names into one site? Different products.

[anne2]

I now have two seperate web sites with the same web host company. I sell different products on each of these sites and want to start a 3rd site to sell yet another product. It seems that I should be able to combine the three sites onto just one larger web site to save money. Can this be done though? These three sites would all have different domain names for them also. And I would not visitors to view any of the different products, when people view each part of the site. I have called my web host company twice about this as was first told yes I could do this and then no I could not. They do offer plans with 5 to 10 subdomains. Can it be done and how? Thank you for any help on this.

[tedster]

Hello and welcome to the forums.

The issue here may be that, while we think we know what the word "website" means, there is no technical definition for the word. So when you were talking to a provider, different people may have thought about different e techniocal approaches to what they thought you wanted to do.

For example, for a domain to resolve to a group of documents on a server, it needs an IP address. You can serve many domains from one IP address, or you can serve just one.

You've used the word subdomain. Normally this means an address like one.example.com and two.example.com. I notoice that you still want all three domain names to be usable - and apparently point to unique content, not just three different addresses to view the same content. This seems to mean that subdomains is not exactly what you had in mind.

So, I'd suggest you focus in on what it is, exactly and technically, that you hope to accomplish. Then, whether any particular provider will accomodate you and save you money depends very much on that business.

[anne2]

Yes, as you asked, what I need is for all three domain names to be usable - and point to unique content. I will be advertising three different unique products that are not related to each other. So, I need to keep all the information on this single site seperate for the viewers of each site. Is there a good way that I can do this.

[anne2]

What I meant to say is that I need to keep all the information on this single site seperate, for the viewers from each DOMAIN NAME. Is there a good way that I can do this from a single site. I am not sure what I am wanting to do would be called.

[tedster]

What I understand is that you want to have three separate domains, and each one will have unique content.

What I need you to clarify is what you mean by having all this on "a single site".

[anne2]

I guess what I mean to say is that I want to have the three seperate domains all under the same web hosting account plan. Instead of having them under three seperate accounts. Thank you for your help on this.

[anne2]

I was just reading on different types of account sharing. Would an "add on domain" be what I could use, for what I want to do with the three different domains?

[tedster]

Ask your web host using that exact language. Each hosting business may offer different arrangements, but to be sure they understand what you want. It sounds like "add on domain" is a likely candidate, but there really is no standard language.

[anne2]

I will call and give that a try with them. Thanks!