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Subdomains Overview

2 min
In this article
  • Benefits of Subdomains
  • Ways of Setting up Subdomains in Your Wix Account
  • FAQs
A subdomain is an extension of your primary domain name. It is added in front of your root domain to form a separate web address. Subdomains are usually used to bring visitors to a specific page or section of your website. It is still part of the main website, but it may be considered a separate site by search engines. 
For example, the address for a blog subdomain might look like this: blog.example.com.
Image showing the parts of a URL, to illustrate how a subdomain is represented in a URL.

Benefits of Subdomains

Some benefits of using subdomains include:
  • Organization: Subdomains can help to separate different sections of a website, making it easier for visitors to find the content they're looking for. For example, you might use one subdomain for an online store, and another one for your blog.
  • Branding: Subdomains are useful for creating webpages with different identities, while still being related to your main website. For example, an online store can differentiate between its physical and online stores, or a news website can use a different subdomain for each section of the site. 
  • Search results: Subdomains can help to improve a website's SEO, with each subdomain appearing separately to the main site in search results. This can help increase the website's visibility, driving more traffic to the site. 

Ways of Setting up Subdomains in Your Wix Account

Method of Primary (Root) Domain Connection
Subdomain Destination
Action Required
A Wix domain, or a domain connected to Wix via name servers
An external (non-Wix) website, resource, or blog. 

Add the required DNS records in your Wix account. Learn how to connect a subdomain to an external site.

A Wix domain, or a domain connected to Wix via name servers. 
Wix site 

Upgrade your site and add the subdomain to your Wix account. Learn how to connect a subdomain to a site in your Wix account.
Domain connected to Wix via pointing or not connected to Wix
Wix site
Upgrade your site and add the subdomain to your Wix account. Then add the required DNS records with your domain host. Learn how to connect a subdomain to an external site.

FAQs

Click on a question below to learn more about how your Wix account works with subdomains.

Image showing the parts of a URL, to illustrate how a subdomain is represented in a URL.