Setting up a CNAME record for any of the domains or subdomains you've got within a hosting account will enable you to point it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded Internet domain will lose all its records - A, MX and so on, and will take the records of the domain address it is being directed to. In this light, you can't set up a CNAME record to point your domain to a third-party provider and maintain a working e-mail service with the first hosting company. It's also essential to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words rather than a number because it is frequently confused with the A record of the Internet domain being redirected. One of the primary uses of a CNAME record is to direct a domain name you own through one company to the servers of another company assuming you have created a website with the latter. That way, the site will appear under your own domain address, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party company.

CNAME Records in Shared Website Hosting

You can effortlessly create CNAME records in case you have a shared website hosting from our company. We are going to provide you with an easy-to-use Control Panel where you can observe all DNS records for the domain names and subdomains that are hosted within the account. Creating a CNAME record requires a few basic steps - pick the domain/subdomain, select CNAME as the type, type in the hostname you are forwarding to, and then just click on the Save button. The procedure is as basic as that and the new record is going to be active almost instantly. This way, you are going to have more control over your domains and subdomains and over the content they open, you could set up 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 there's a short video tutorial where you could 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 just a click to get it done.