Can I purchase a new domain name and point it to a page on my existing website?

Yes, you can: you can associate any number of domain names with your web space. There are two common ways that this can be done with our hosting plans: Domain Hosting and URL Forwarding.

URL Forwarding:

URL Forwarding takes a registered domain and “points” it directly to a particular page (or directory). For example, URL Forwarding could take a misspelled or mistyped domain (e.g. www.amazan.com) and redirect it to the correct spelling of the domain name (e.g. www.amazon.com). With URL Forwarding, only the primary name is displayed in the Address Bar of the user’s browser – the forwarded name disappears once the forwarding has taken place. URL Forwarding costs $8.95 / year for each forwarded domain name.

To set up URL Forwarding for your domain name:

1. Start by logging into the Aplus.Net Control Panel at http://cp.aplus.net using your Registration Number and Customer Password.
2. Go to Buy Services from the top navigation bar and select Domain Names >> URL Forwarding.
3. Aplus.Net only permits URL forwarders to be created for domains that are currently registered with Aplus.Net / Names4Ever.com. If your domain is already registered with Aplus.Net / Names4Ever.com, select the domain name from the Use available domains drop down menu, skip to step 7. If your domain is registered with another registrar, select the Register New Domain radio button, and then the Domain Transfer radio button. This will initiate a transfer of your domain from your current registrar to Aplus.Net / Names4Ever.com. If you want to register a new domain that is currently available, please select the Register New Domain radio button, and then the Domain Registration radio button.
4. Enter the new domain name into the Domain Name field.
5. Enter a password for the forwarder into the Password field.
6. Enter the URL that you would like to the domain forwarded to. This can be a domain name, like http://www.aplus.net/ or a particular html page, such as http://www.aplus.net/index.html.
7. Click Proceed to Finalize Order to complete the forwarder. Click Cancel to escape.

Domain Hosting:

Domain Hosting takes a registered domain and associates it directly with the web space that you lease with your hosting plan. When more than one domain is hosted on a particular web hosting plan, a parking location must be specified for each domain. In most cases, the primary domain (that is, the domain that was hosted first on the plan) will be associated with the main /html directory found in the root of the web space. When a new domain gets hosted on an existing plan, a new directory (found in the web space root) is created to hold the web content for the new domain. For example, if a plan contains both aplus.net and aplus.com, the files for the primary domain (aplus.net) will be stored in the main /html directory, while the files for the secondary domain (aplus.com) will be contained in a directory entitled aplus.com/. 

You can host certain number of domain names for free with each Unix-based hosting plan:

• Personal Unix – 1 hosted domain name
• Business Class Unix – 2 hosted domain names
• Pro Unix– 2 hosted domain names
• eCommerce Unix – 3 hosted domain names

You can associate more domains with your UNIX-based hosting plan. Hosting additional domains costs $1.99 / month for each additional domain.

To set up Domain Hosting for additional domains on your hosting plan:

1. Start off by checking that your domain’s name servers are pointed to ns1.abac.com and ns2.abac.com. If you registered your domain name with Aplus.Net / Names4Ever, these name servers have been set by default. If you registered your name with another company, please have them change the name servers before proceeding with these instructions.
2. Log into the Aplus.Net Control Panel at http://cp.aplus.net with your registration number and customer password.
3. Select Web Hosting from the top navigation bar.
4. Next, select Hosted Domains and click on Host New Domain.
5. Use the Hosting Plan drop-down menu to select the service plan that you want to host the new domain name with.
6. Enter the Domain name that you want to host.

Important: Do not type www.domain.com, type the exact name of your domain without any prefixes.

7. Click Create to have the new domain added to your hosting plan.