Are Sub-domains Handled By Domain Registers Or By Web Hosts?
January 21st, 2010 | 
Author: This question assumes that I would use different companies for each. Also… what are some reputable services that offer many sub-domains at a relatively affordable price? I don’t need an outrageous amount, but at least 7 or 8 would be preferable…
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Once you buy your domain name you can then have as many subdomains for it as you want.
They can be handled either by your domain registrar or by your web host.
This of course depends, as there are bad domain registrars and bad web hosts.
But for instance If you were to buy a $10 at http://www.active-domain.com/ you could have as many subdomains as you wanted, and redirect them to any location on the web using a few different methods. To do this you don’t even need a web host.
You could also get a web host and domain registrar at the same time, for instance http://www.3freedomainnames.computereweb…
you get up to three free domains for getting a $5 a month hosting and on each of those domains you can have unlimited subdomains.
Yes, you can set up sub-domain after you register the top level domain.
I’m currently using namecheap Pro hosting which allow unlimited sub-domain, the price is only $69.95/year. However, if you just need 7 or 8, you can go for their basic hosting, which allow 15 sub-domain, the price is only $39.95/year.
subdomains are handled by your webhost’s domain name servers. I use winninghosting.com to handle my domain and sites and have many subdomains (over 20). What’s cool is that they can set it up where your subdomains not only point to different sites but they can even point to completely different servers that are hosted by different companies. I’ve never had a problem with them and in fact they’re always friendly and quick so I definitely recommend.
Only the top level domain is registered. The rest is up to the user.
If you own a domain name like mycompany.com, you can create any name in front of it, like mail1.mycompany.com, website1.mycompany.com, and so on. Your web and mail servers parse the data coming in via your routers and the URL names
Subdomains are handled by your DNS host. It can be your domain registrar(if you are using their name servers) or your web host(if you are using their name servers).
Most domain registrars will let you setup free subdomains. You do not need to buy anything. Check with your domain registrar.