Setting up a CNAME record for any of the domain names or subdomains you have within a hosting account will permit you to forward it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain name will lose all its records - A, MX and so forth, and will take the records of the Internet domain it's being pointed to. In this light, you can't create a CNAME record to forward your domain to a third-party provider and maintain a functional email service with the first hosting provider. It is also essential to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words rather than a number as it's frequently mistaken for the A record of the domain being redirected. One of the main uses of a CNAME record is to direct a domain name you own through one provider to the servers of another provider when you have set up an Internet site with the latter. By doing this, the website will appear under your own domain, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.

CNAME Records in Web Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which we provide with each and every web hosting, will enable you to create CNAME records for every single domain or subdomain hosted within the account with only a few clicks. If you're not absolutely sure how to go about it, you can check the video tutorial that is available within the CP, read the in depth Help article on the subject, or simply contact us and we will help you 24/7, although it is unlikely that you'll experience any troubles as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to pick a domain/subdomain, input the hostname that you're redirecting to, and save the change. The new record will be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records permits you to have better control over your domain addresses and website content and our system is simple and intuitive enough to allow people who have no previous experience to set up such records with ease.