Setting up a CNAME record for any of the domain addresses or subdomains that you've got in the hosting account will enable you to direct it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain name will lose all of its records - A, MX etc, and will take the records of the Internet domain it is being forwarded to. In this light, you can't set up a CNAME record to redirect your domain to a third-party provider and retain a functional email service with the first hosting company. It's also very important to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words rather than a number because it is regularly mistaken for the A record of the domain address being forwarded. One of the primary uses of a CNAME record is to forward a domain name that you own through one provider to the servers of some other company assuming you have created a site with the latter. In this way, the website will appear under your own domain, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party company.

CNAME Records in Website Hosting

You can effortlessly create CNAME records if you have a website hosting through our company. We'll provide you with an easy-to-use Control Panel where you could view all DNS records for the domain addresses and subdomains which are hosted inside the account. Creating a CNAME record involves a few basic steps - pick the domain/subdomain, pick CNAME as the type, type in the hostname you are pointing to, and then just click on the Save button. The procedure is as simple as that and the new record is going to be active almost instantly. This way, you're going to have more control over your domains and subdomains and over the content they open, you'll be able to create a private URL for company emails, plus much more. If you feel unclear about how to set up a new record or you have never done such a task, you will find a short video tutorial where you can see the whole process first-hand. If you decide to edit or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it will take you literally only a click to do it.