One Hosting Account Multiple Domain Names

[rjhidaho]

I have a single hosting account. I would like to set up several Wordpress Blogs (each in its own subdirectory).

I would like to have each of these blogs have a unique top level domain name such as:

www.blog1.com
www.blog2.com

and their content would be located at:

www.myhostingaccount.com/blog1
www.mybnostingaccont.com/blog2

When a user enters one of the top level domains, they would automatically be directed to the main hosting account subdirectory.

Can this be done or would I have to get a hosting account for each domain name?

[glc]

All you need is a hosting account that offers "addon domains". I, and several other members here, use Surpass Hosting, which does. You point all the domains to their DNS and set up the addons in Cpanel. The addons all redirect to a subdirectory in the main domain.

[namvijay]

You can have a same hosting account for several provided your web host allows that.

Normally when registering for a webhost you have to use atleast one domain (eg. blog1.com) which will point to the main folder (public_html).
This can be redirected to a folder using .htaccess redirect. See here

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?blog1.com$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/blog1/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /blog1/$1
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?blog1.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(/)?$ blog1/index.html [L]

For the second domain (blog2.com), go to the control panel of your webhost and click add-on domain. Add the second domain and redirect to another folder. Alternatively you can ask your webhost support to add the second domain for you.