If you would like to point a domain address that you have to a different domain or subdomain, one of the ways to do that would be to use a CNAME record. By creating such a record, the domain being forwarded loses all of its records (A, MX, etc) and instead, it takes the A record of the Internet domain it's pointed to. By doing this, if you are using a web design service by some company that gives you a subdomain, you can use an actual domain name and not only will it be directed to the Internet site that you have set up, but it will also be displayed in the browser address bar at all times. Other possible uses of a CNAME record are to redirect all of the targeted traffic from different subdomains to their main domain name, or to use the webmail service of your webhosting company by using webmail.your-doman.com, for example. The latter will work only by creating a CNAME record for a subdomain simply because such a record created for the main domain name makes it impossible to use e-mail addresses.

CNAME Records in Web Hosting

You can easily set up CNAME records in case you have a web hosting plan with our company. We're going to supply you with an easy-to-use Control Panel which allows you to see all DNS records for the domains and subdomains that are hosted within the account. Creating a CNAME record involves a number of simple steps - pick the domain/subdomain, pick CNAME as the type, type in the hostname you are redirecting to, and then simply click the Save button. The process is as easy as that and the new record will be active almost right away. That way, you're going to have more control over your domain names and subdomains and over the content they open, you'll be able to create a private URL for company e-mails, and more. If you feel uncertain 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 want to change or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it will take you literally just a click to make it happen.