Questions about domain name registration, transfers, and parked
domains.
Q: Can I host
multiple domains in the same account? |
A: Yes, definitely. You can do this with any of our
accounts. Each domain will be pointed to its own subdirectory and
receive it's own unique IP address, and this can be controlled
through Control Panel. The disk and transfer allowances are shared
between all sites on the account.
Remember, you can host as
many domains as you like with any of our accounts, but each account
includes support for a certain number of domain names. You can check
how many domain names your virtual plan includes by referring to the
"hosting for" column on our virtual services page. All dedicated
plans include support for 200 domain names. Support for additional
domain names can be purchased for any plan. |
Q: Do I need
to have a domain in my account? |
A: No, you are not required to have a domain to use our
services.
If you wish simply to avoid registrar fees,
consider our username.shootingstarhosting.com, which function
exactly like real domain, but is not transferrable when you end your
service at Shooting Star and does not support additional e-mail
accounts. |
Q: May I use a
domain I have already registered somewhere else? |
A: You may choose to use any registrar under any
top-level domain that suits your needs. We will configure
nameservers for your domain and provide that information to you. We
can host any domain name you like. You can find a list of registries
for top-level country code domains here.
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Q: How does a
domain transfer work? |
A: Transferring a domain to Shooting Star for Web hosting
requires two steps:
1. Submit the domain name to us through the Control Panel's
Domain Manager (for an existing account). 2. Modify the domain
at your registrar in order to utilize our nameservers which have
been configured to support your domain. |
Q: Can I
create subdomains on a domain |
A: Yes. If you already host www.mydomain.com with us,
then you may also create and host subdomain.mydomain.com by going to
the Control Panel's Domain Manager and entering "mydomain.com" for
the domain and "subdomain.mydomain.com" for the server name. The
subdomain will receive it's own document root and unique IP address.
Also, if you are comfortable with working with rewrite rules
and your domain was added with wildcard dns support, you may create
a set of rules to forward something.mydomain.com to
www.mydomain.com/something. You can find out more information on how
to do this by doing a quick search on google.com.
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