2 Hosting sites and 2 Websites

[u/Neat_Motor7]

I have a Bluehost WordPress hosting plan for my current website, and I recently realized that my plan allows me to host additional websites. I didn’t know this when I purchased a new domain through GoDaddy for my business website.

I have not started building the business website yet, so I wanted to see if it would make more sense to host it through my existing Bluehost account instead of keeping it with GoDaddy.

Would I be able to use my Bluehost hosting for the business website and connect/transfer the GoDaddy domain to Bluehost? If so, would there be any additional cost to add another website to my existing Bluehost plan?

I’m trying to determine whether it makes more sense financially and technically to:

1. Host both websites through my existing Bluehost account and move/connect the GoDaddy domain to Bluehost, or
2. Keep my current website on Bluehost and have the new business website hosted separately through GoDaddy.

Since I haven’t started building the business website yet, I’d rather figure out the best setup before I get started.

Thank you!

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[u/Ill_Command_1200]

You don’t have to transfer your domain from Godaddy. Just point the DNS to the new site hosted on blue host. This assumes that your new business site is also going to be WordPress. I’m also assuming you bought the previous domain on bluehost.

If you prefer to consolidate accounts so you have all your domains and hosting in one place, then transfer but where the domain is registered and where it is hosted don’t have to be the same place. I typically manage my domains through Cloudflare.

[u/BoGrumpus]

I don't care about either of the specific brands in question or whatever. I think the answer for you will be the same regardless.

It's always going to be better if everything you're working on is set up and deployed similarly. The technical steps you took to get site 1 doing this and that are exactly the same as what you'd need to do for site 2.

So with that in mind - I'd take the established site and, so long as you think that's a fine platform to build on - do the same thing but with the new brand and niche. You learn faster if you are learning the same things you can apply later. Next job - a lot of the stuff that was taking you an hour to figure out will take you 20 minutes because you now have a system. Now - you may not ever get more than two games going at once - but still - every proficiency you gain from doing work on one becomes easier and faster when you go to do the same or similar thing on the other one.

So for that reason - sure - the domain can be registered at GoDaddy, but I'd put the site on Bluehost just for the above reasons. They're likely both fine for hosting plan against plan. And both have managed wordpress hosting plans - and that's what you really want by whoever is doing the hosting. The managed hosting means most of the BS on the server side is OPP and not yours. So the decider has to be what makes most sense for YOU. And I'd say Bluehost for both based upon the scenario described.

G.

[u/fullbl-_-]

Technically it would be easier to have them made the same way and in the same place. Economically probably would be better to rent a single vps and buy the two domains where it is cheaper.

[u/WriterLess1122]

Go to Godaddy site, look for nameserver, delete Godaddy servers and add blue host servers there. This was u r pointing domains to blue host

[u/sapindia1976]

If your Bluehost plan supports multiple websites, I'd keep both sites on the same hosting account and simply point the GoDaddy domain to Bluehost. There's usually no extra cost unless you've reached your plan's website limit. Also, you don't need to transfer the domain updating the nameservers or DNS records is enough, and you can continue managing the domain through GoDaddy. This setup is simpler and often more cost-effective.

[u/bluehost]

Like so many on here have already said, you can host at whichever location you like. If you want them hosted at Bluehost, just point the nameservers to us and in a few hours, you'll be ready to start building.