What's the difference between a sub-domain and an add-on domain?

Question

What's the difference between a sub-domain and an add-on domain?

Answer 1

My experience at Bluehost.com:

An add-on domain requires registering a domain name for it. It is installed as a subfolder of the account's 'public_html' folder. There is a file called ".htaccess" which allows you to redirect the add-on domain's name to the proper folder. It's not apparent to users that the domain is an add-on to another domain.

A subdomain is created as a subfolder of any domain's main folder. It is accessed by referring to "x*x.domainname.com". It does not require registering a domain name for it.

Answer 2

An add-on domain is a domain address that points to a folder within the main web site.. It is not a redirect... It will look like this for example.. "theanswers.com"

a sub domain  for example... your main webssite is called "www.answer.com"

you put a sub domain on and it will look like this,  "media.answers.com" or "pics.answers.com"

Answer 3

Basics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name

1> Subdomain:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subdomain

http://www.forbeginners.info/web-hosting...

http://www.modwest.com/help/kb7-180.html

2> addon domain: