Setting up a CNAME record for each of the domains or subdomains you've got in a hosting account will allow you to redirect 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 directed to. In this light, you can't create a CNAME record to direct your domain name to a third-party company and retain a working email service with the first hosting company. It is also important to note that a CNAME record is always a string of words rather than a number as it is commonly confused with the A record of the domain address being redirected. One of the primary uses of a CNAME record is to forward a domain address you own through one company to the servers of some other provider when you have created an Internet site with the latter. In this way, the site will appear under your own domain name, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.

CNAME Records in Web Hosting

You can effortlessly set up CNAME records if you have a Linux web hosting package from our company. We'll provide you with an easy-to-use Control Panel that enables you to observe all DNS records for the domain names and subdomains that are hosted inside the account. Creating a CNAME record involves a few basic steps - choose the domain/subdomain, select CNAME as the type, enter the hostname you are redirecting to, and then simply click on the Save button. The procedure is as simple as that and the new record is going to be active almost immediately. That way, you'll have more control over your domains and subdomains and over the content they open, you can set up a private URL for company e-mails, and much more. If you feel uncertain about how to create a new record or you have never done such a task, you will find a short video tutorial where you could see the whole process first-hand. If you decide to change or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it will take you literally simply a mouse click to make it happen.