Understanding Primary & Secondary Domains for Your Website

Many businesses purchase multiple domain names to protect their brand, improve reach, or support future expansion. However, to manage these domains effectively, it’s important to understand the difference between a Primary Domain and a Secondary Domain, and how redirection works.

What Are Primary and Secondary Domains?

If you currently own two domains such as:

• www.domain1.com

• www.domain2.com

You must decide which one will serve as your Primary Domain and which will be treated as a Secondary Domain.

Primary Domain

This is the main domain that your website will be connected to. Once your website is fully developed and published, all web pages and content will be hosted under the primary domain.

Secondary Domain

The secondary domain will not host a separate website. Instead, when someone types or visits the secondary domain in their browser, it will automatically redirect to the primary domain.This is helpful for brand protection, marketing, and ensuring users land on the correct website regardless of which domain they type.

Redirection Setup Requirement

To enable domain redirection from the secondary domain to the primary domain, an additional hosting license is required.

Cost of Hosting License

The cost for this additional hosting license is:

₹6,990 + GST per year

This hosting plan is necessary because domain forwarding and traffic management require active hosting configuration.

Conclusion

Choosing the right primary domain and properly configuring redirection helps:

• Maintain consistent branding

• Avoid customer confusion

• Improve search engine performance

• Ensure reliable access from multiple domains

If you need support choosing your primary domain or configuring redirection, we are happy to help.