The Hidden Purpose of Parked Domains: What Every Website Owner Needs to Know
Think of domain parking as saving your seat in a crowded library.
You drape your coat over a chair, step away to find the books you need, and come back to your saved seat. The seat remains “taken” even though you’re not sitting there yet.
In the same way, parking a domain lets you claim a web address of your choice. You can hold this address and keep competitors away until your business website is ready for launch.
Add-on domain vs. parked domain
On some hosting platforms, an “add-on domain” refers to running multiple websites from the same hosting account. Each domain points to its own unique site, managed under a single dashboard. While WordPress.com doesn’t use the term “add-on domain,” you can still manage multiple websites under the same WordPress.com account—each with its own domain, content, and design. You can also manage all of your domains from our Hosting Dashboard.
