Installing an addon domain with CPanel
This will only work if you have a CPanel hosting account that allows you to set up additional domains. If you haven´t got one yet take a look at my cheap webhosting reviews.
When you register your domain make sure you point your domain to your hosting provider´s name servers. They will look something like this ns1.yourwebhost.com ; ns2.yourwebhost.com. You can find these in the knowledge base most of the time otherwise just ask support.
First, log into your CPanel account. Then under “domains” go to addon domains. You will see a form like this:
Under the heading CPanel tells you pretty much everything what you need to know. After you registered your domain and pointed your servers to your host just enter the domain name in the required field and enter a folder in the “new subdirectory folder” space. Use something inconspicuous like /24523yourdomain/ so nobody can just type it in with a random guess. The password is what you will use for your FTP client. Next disallow that addon domain folder through the robots.txt of your root domain. Otherwise crawlers will just treat it as a subfolder of your main domain. Fiinally email your hosting support and tell them that you´ve registered domain xyz and you pointed it to xyz addon folder so they can set up the SOA records. After this your new domain should resolve within 48-72 hours and you will be able to access your site from your browser.
This will work for all CPanel hosts in my cheap webhosting reviews.