Setting up a CNAME record for each of the domain addresses or subdomains that you've got within a hosting account will enable you to point it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain address will lose all of its records - A, MX and so on, and will take the records of the domain it is being forwarded to. In this light, you cannot set up a CNAME record to point your domain to a third-party company and keep a working email service with the first hosting provider. It is also essential to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words and not a number as it's frequently wrongly identified as the A record of the domain address being forwarded. One of the main uses of a CNAME record is to point a domain name that you own through one provider to the servers of another company assuming you have created a site with the latter. This way, the website will appear under your own domain name, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party company.

CNAME Records in Shared Website Hosting

You can effortlessly set up CNAME records if you have a shared website hosting service with our company. We're going to supply you with an easy-to-use Control Panel which allows you to see all DNS records for the domain addresses and subdomains that are hosted inside the account. Setting up a CNAME record involves a number of simple steps - pick the domain/subdomain, pick CNAME as the type, type in the hostname you are forwarding to, after that just click the Save button. The procedure is as basic as that and the new record is going to be active almost immediately. This way, you're going to have more control over your domain addresses and subdomains and over the content they open, you'll be able to set up a private URL for company e-mails, and more. If you feel uncertain about how to set up a new record or you have never done such a task, we have a short video tutorial where you can see the whole process first-hand. If you want to change or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it'll take you literally just a mouse click to do it.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you have a semi-dedicated server from our company and you would like to create a CNAME record, it takes only a few clicks to complete this task. The plans are managed via our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel where you will see a section devoted to the DNS records of the domains and subdomains hosted within the account. To set up a CNAME record, you'll only have to pick the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), key in where the latter will be pointed to and save the change. The new record will be active almost right away in our system and will propagate worldwide within a few hours. Changing or deleting an existing CNAME record in the account is just as simple and easy and takes a click. In the event you experience any troubles, you can go through our detailed help article, check out the short video on the subject that we have added in the Control Panel, or you can simply contact us for assistance.