Setting up a CNAME record for any one of the domain names or subdomains that you've got within a hosting account will allow you to point it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain will lose all of its records - A, MX etc, and will take the records of the domain address it is being redirected to. In this light, you can't set up a CNAME record to direct your domain to a third-party provider and maintain a functional e-mail service with the first provider. It is also important to note that a CNAME record is always a string of words and never a number as it's commonly wrongly identified as the A record of the domain address being forwarded. One of the primary uses of a CNAME record is to direct a domain you own through one provider to the servers of some other company assuming you have created a site with the latter. That way, the Internet site will appear under your own domain, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.

CNAME Records in Shared Website Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which we offer with each and every shared website hosting, will allow you to set up CNAME records for every single domain or subdomain hosted within the account with several mouse clicks. If you aren't sure how to go about it, you should check the video tutorial available within the CP, read the detailed Help article on the subject, or just simply contact us and we can assist you 24/7, though it is not likely you'll experience any difficulties as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to choose a domain/subdomain, type the hostname you are redirecting to, and save the modification. The new record is going to be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records allows you to have better control of your domain addresses and website content and our system is simple and intuitive enough to allow people who have no previous experience to create this sort of records easily.