Q: Multiple location/cities could be individual subdomains
Hi
I’m planning to have individual downloadable app for each jndividual city.
My question is can we lock each subdomain: example.com/location/houston as an individual domain when clicking home in the head, or is always redirecting to example.com.
Not trying to build different websites, but all under the same domain and dns.
Obviously I’m Will be getting the tier 6.
Regardless of the answer I will be buying it today before it’s sold out
Thank A lot.
Jason_BrilliantDirectories
Edited Apr 22, 2025A: Thanks so much for your question — and awesome to hear you’re planning to pick up Tier 6! 🚀 That’s a powerhouse option with plenty of room to grow your project.
To clarify your setup idea:
Subdomains like houston.example.com are treated as separate websites and would each require their own license. So if your goal is to create fully separate “apps” or sites for each city, those would each need a separate Brilliant Directories tier/license.
But here’s the good news — you don’t need subdomains to showcase different cities. You can easily create SEO-friendly pages like:
example.com/location/houston
example.com/location/chicago
example.com/location/dallas
Each of these can have their own member listings, posts, content, and even their own homepage-style blocks — all under one license and managed from a single admin panel. The global website search and dynamic filtering features make it easy for users to view content by location too.
Let us know if you have any more questions — happy to help and excited to see what you build! 💬
marco737PLUS
Verified purchaser
You guys are awesome awesome, thanks for quick reply. Yes that’s exactly what we are looking for. …/cities. Each page would have custom homepage-style but also can I lock example.com/location/houston header home so clients are getting always back to the location instead of starting search from scratch. Is there geolocation type of plugging that if clients allow access they can be geo located.
So glad to hear that! Yes, each city page can have its own homepage-style layout, custom content, and sidebar. The header always links to the main domain, but you can add a custom menu or CTA to guide users back to their city page. Geo-location is supported too!
Here’s a video to demonstrate:
https://www.brilliantdirectories.com/blog/add-custom-content-seo-value-to-search-result-pages