Setting up a CNAME record for each of the domains or subdomains you have within a hosting account will permit you to redirect 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 address it is being pointed to. In this light, you cannot create a CNAME record to direct your domain to a third-party provider and maintain a functional e-mail 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 because it is generally confused with the A record of the domain address being forwarded. One of the primary uses of a CNAME record is to forward a domain address you own through one company to the servers of another company when you have set up a site with the latter. In this way, the Internet site will appear under your own domain address, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.

CNAME Records in Shared Hosting

You can easily set up CNAME records provided you have a shared hosting from our company. We will provide you with an easy-to-use CP where you could view all DNS records for the domain names and subdomains which are hosted inside the account. Creating a CNAME record requires a number of basic steps - choose the domain/subdomain, select CNAME as the type, enter the hostname you are redirecting to, then just click the Save button. The procedure is as easy as that and the new record will be active almost immediately. That way, you'll have more control over your domains and subdomains and over the content they open, you could create a private URL for company e-mails, and much more. If you feel unsure about how to set up a new record or you have never done such a task, you will find a short video tutorial in which you can see the whole process first-hand. If you choose to change or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it'll require literally just a mouse click to get it done.