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How to Park a Domain

Holding a Domain for Future Use

A parked domain shows a temporary page until you're ready to build your site.

What is Domain Parking?

Parking reserves the domain with your hosting account without creating a full website.

Setting Up a Parked Domain

  1. Add the domain to DirectAdmin as usual
  2. Don't upload any content
  3. The default server page will show

Creating a Custom Parked Page

  1. Create a simple index.html file
  2. Add "Coming Soon" message
  3. Upload to the domain's public_html

Example Coming Soon Page

<html>
<head><title>Coming Soon</title></head>
<body style="text-align:center; padding:50px;">
  <h1>Coming Soon</h1>
  <p>We're working on something awesome!</p>
</body>
</html>

Benefits of Parking

  • Reserves the domain
  • Lets you set up email first
  • Placeholder until site is ready
  • Collect visitor emails

When Ready to Build

Simply replace the parked page with your actual website or install WordPress via Softaculous.

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