Setting up a CNAME record for any of the domain names or subdomains that you've got in the hosting account will allow you to point it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain will lose all its records - A, MX etc, and will take the records of the domain address it is being directed to. In this light, you cannot create a CNAME record to forward your domain to a third-party company and retain a functional e-mail service with the first provider. It's also very important to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words rather than a number because it is often confused with the A record of the domain name being redirected. One of the primary uses of a CNAME record is to point a domain address which you own through one company to the servers of some other company in case you have set up a website with the latter. In this way, the site will appear under your own domain, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party company.

CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which we offer with each and every cloud hosting, allows you to set up CNAME records for any domain address or subdomain hosted within the account with just a few mouse clicks. If you aren't confident how to go about it, you can check the video tutorial available inside the CP, read the comprehensive Help article on the subject, or simply contact us and we can help you 24/7, though it is unlikely you'll experience any issues as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to pick a domain/subdomain, type in the hostname you're forwarding to, and save the change. The new record is going to be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records allows you to have better control of your domains and website content and our system is simple and user-friendly enough to allow people with no previous experience to create this sort of records with ease.