There are numerous ways to point a domain address to a different domain or subdomain and one of them is by setting up a CNAME record. If you own a domain name and you have set up a site through some online service which provides you with a service subdomain, you can easily link the two by setting up a CNAME record for your-domain.com that directs to subdomain.provider.com. What you're going to achieve as a result is that www.your-domain.com will be in the web browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned site from the servers of the third-party provider. It is important to know that if you create a CNAME record, any other records your domain address may have will stop working, so you can't have both a CNAME record directing to one company and working e-mail address with a different one. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and in some cases further configuration may be needed with the other provider.

CNAME Records in Cloud Web Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which we provide with each and every cloud web hosting plan, allows you to create CNAME records for every domain name or subdomain hosted in the account with several clicks. If you are not certain how to go about it, you should check the video tutorial that's available in the Control Panel, read the in depth Help article on the subject, or simply contact us and we will help you 24/7, though it is unlikely that you will experience any issues as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to select a domain/subdomain, enter the hostname you're redirecting to, and save the change. The new record will be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records allows you to have better control over your domain names and site content and our system is simple and user-friendly enough to allow people with no previous experience to set up this kind of records effortlessly.