How to redirect a new domain to a website?

EDIT: I've modified the URL's as I can't post them here. Don't know why - it says something about "can't fetch URL - server taking too long". Sorry.

Hello,

my web hosting is at Hostgator, and I want to set up two websites, each for a separate brand.

My first website is at (for example): wwwbrand1com (domain came with the hosting plan)
I've installed my second website on wwwbrand1com/brand2

I bought the domain for "Brand2" on Namecheap and redirected it to wwwbrand1com/brand2, so if now someone visits wwwbrand2com, he is just redirected to wwwbrand1com/brand2.

What should I do if I want the brand2-dot-com to look like a separate website and not just a "sub-directory" of my brand1 site? Do I need to add a AddOn domain on my Hostgator cPanel?

Please take a look at the settings both in Namecheap and Hostgator. I'd appreciate your help. Thanks.

 

OK, I've figured it out using these two sites:

http://support.hostgator.com/articles/cpanel/how-do-i-create-and-remove-an-addon-domain

Hope this helps to someone else also.

 

Just delete the redirects then create an addon domain in cPanel and change the nameservers at namecheap to the hostgator nameservers.

cPanel will create a new home directory for the second domain

 

Thanks. You've said it in a nutshell.