If you wish to direct a domain that you have to a different domain or subdomain, a good way to do that would be to use a CNAME record. By setting up such a record, the domain being pointed loses all its records (A, MX, etc) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain address it's redirected to. This way, if you use a web design service by some provider that gives you a subdomain, you can use an actual domain and not only will it be directed to the website which you have created, but it'll also appear in the web browser address bar at all times. Alternative possible uses of a CNAME record are to point all the visitors from various subdomains to their main domain, or to use the webmail service of your hosting company by using webmail.your-doman.com, for instance. The latter will work only by setting up a CNAME record for a subdomain because this type of a record created for the main domain address renders it impossible to use e-mail addresses.

CNAME Records in Web Hosting

You can easily create CNAME records in case you have a Linux web hosting with our company. We'll provide you with an easy-to-use CP where you could see all DNS records for the domains and subdomains that are hosted inside the account. Setting up a CNAME record involves several basic steps - choose the domain/subdomain, choose CNAME as the type, type in the hostname you are forwarding to, after that just click the Save button. The procedure is as elementary as that and the new record will be active almost right away. In this way, you will 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 a lot more. If you feel unclear about how to set up a new record or you have never done such a task, we have 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 just a click to do it.