How Do I Switch My Primary Domain Name With The Addon Domain?

You may have registered for one hosting account and two domain names. You are utilizing these two domain names for different websites for example – domain1.com and domain2.com.

The domain – domain1.com is main or primary domain to your hosting account and domain2.com is the Addon domain.

Steps for Switching the Two Domains

The important steps that you need to perform for switching the domains are mentioned below. These are the steps to make domain2.com as the main domain and host domain2.com as the Addon domain.

1. Remove domain2.com from the Addon list by logging into cPanel and going to Addon domains.
2. Alter the primary domain name for the hosting account from domain1.com to domain2.com. You can run this from going to – Help Desk > Domain name change.
3. Add domain1.com to your Addon domains list through cPanel > Addons domains.
4. Copy or restore the website files for domain1.com to the addon folder that is newly created.

Conclusion

Please note that on the basis of applications you are using, extra modifications may be required for configuring these applications so that they work properly from the new locations.