{"id":48942,"date":"2024-04-14T07:59:27","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T07:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.awardspace.com\/?p=48942"},"modified":"2024-07-17T14:24:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T14:24:54","slug":"are-subdomains-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.awardspace.com\/kb\/are-subdomains-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Subdomains Free?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Answering the question of whether subdomains are free depends largely on how we choose to approach it.<\/p>\n<p>The easy answer is &#8220;Yes, subdomains are free.&#8221; You can create as many subdomains as you want. The caveat is that to create a subdomain, you need to <a href=\"\/kb\/registering-a-domain\/\">register a domain name<\/a> first.<\/p>\n<p>Best practices are that the domain name should be registered with your <a href=\"\/web-hosting\/\">web hosting<\/a> provider. Yet, that is not mandatory. 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In order to create separate websites on each of the subdomains, you will have to use one of our <a href=\"\/web-hosting\/\">premium services<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about our <a href=\"\/kb\/what-hosting-plans-are-available-and-how-do-they-differ\/\">What hosting plans are available, and how do they differ<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you want a straightforward answer to the question how many websites can you host with each hosting plan, <a href=\"\/kb\/can-i-host-multiple-websites-on-a-single-hosting-plan\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answering the question of whether subdomains are free depends largely on how we choose to approach it. The easy answer is &#8220;Yes, subdomains are free.&#8221; You can create as many subdomains as you want. The caveat is that to create a subdomain, you need to register a domain name first. 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