Subdomain vs. addon domain

[ifoodie]

What is the difference between a subdomain and an add on domain?

[sergey]

An addon domain is a domain that is pointed to a subdomain. With the Addon domain feature in Cpanel you can create a separate domain next to your main domain on your account. The HTML contents of a subdomain goes into a subfolder of the /public_html/ folder in your account.

Every addon domain also creates a subdomain. An Addon is basically a subdomain that can also be accessed by the full domain.

So if you would add a domain named addondomain.com and your main domain is maindomain.com, Cpanel creates a subdomain called addondomain.maindomain.com. The contents which goes in the /public_html/addondomain/ directory will be visible via your browser under: addondomain.maindomain.com and addondomain.com

You can create POP mail accounts with an addon domain and also the FTP can be accessed with addondomain.com (user for FTP should be addondomain@maindomain.com)