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When you register a domain name most hosting/domain providers provide you with free sub domains. Some (like Bluehost) actually proved unlimited sub0domains, but all hosting providers provide enough sub domains for normal use. But what is a subdomain and what is it used for?
Usage Examples and Motivation
‘What is a subdomain?’ is one thing, but why would you need one? The most common scenario in which a subdomain is used is to organize or divide web content into sections. Meaning subdomains are great when you want to build a separate catalog of content to serve a different purpose from what’s on your main domain. In practice, creating a new subdomain usually involves launching a new website on that subdomain — a website that’s more or less separate from your main site (the one under your main domain).
Here are some popular examples of what subdomains are used for: Launching a separate ecommerce store that’s not within your main website. For example, ‘Site’ may want to make their store available under store.site.com, while their main website remains at site.com. A blog at blog.yoursite.com. Forum for your customers or audience to interact with each other at forum.yoursite.com. Creating an additional language version of your website at es.yoursite.com. Subsections of your website for different segments of visitors based on their location. For example, if you try visiting Craigslist while in Philadelphia, you will be automatically redirected to philadelphia.craigslist.org.
These are just some of the possibilities, and this distinct nature of subdomains makes them perfect for creating new websites that appear as though their addresses are original. The idea is to use subdomains only when you have enough content to populate each of them. Or, alternatively, when you have content or parts of your business that deserve a space of their own — for example, Nike has a whole separate section devoted to careers at jobs.nike.com.
Overall, using subdomains in situations such as the above makes things clearer for the visitor. For instance, they’ll know that store.YOURDOMAIN.com is where they can purchase your products. Lastly, when you no longer need the subdomain, you can just shut it down with a couple of clicks and redirect all traffic to your primary domain.