Creating a CNAME record for any of the domain addresses or subdomains you have in the hosting account will enable you to direct it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded Internet domain will lose all of its records - A, MX and so forth, and will take the records of the domain name it is being forwarded to. In this light, you simply can't create a CNAME record to redirect your domain name to a third-party company and keep a functional e-mail service with the first hosting provider. It is also very important to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words and never a number as it's often mistaken for the A record of the domain name being forwarded. One of the major uses of a CNAME record is to forward a domain address which you own through one provider to the servers of another provider when you have created a site with the latter. In this way, the Internet site will appear under your own domain name, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.

CNAME Records in Cloud Web Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which we provide with each and every Linux cloud web hosting package, will allow you to set up CNAME records for any domain address or subdomain hosted inside the account with several mouse clicks. If you're not sure how to go about it, you can check the video tutorial available within the CP, read the detailed Help article on the subject, or just simply contact us and we will help you 24/7, though it is unlikely you'll experience any problems as all it takes to set up a new CNAME record is to pick a domain/subdomain, type the hostname you are redirecting to, and save the change. The new record will be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records permits you to have better control over your domain addresses and site content and our system is simple and intuitive enough to allow individuals with no previous experience to create such records effortlessly.