If you would like to forward a domain 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 address being redirected loses all of its records (A, MX, and so on) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain 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 name and not only will it be pointed to the site which you have set up, but it'll also be displayed in the browser address bar at all times. Some other possible uses of a CNAME record are to forward all the visitors from different subdomains to their main domain address, or to use the webmail service of your webhosting company by using webmail.your-doman.com, for example. The latter will work only by setting up a CNAME record for a subdomain due to the fact that this type of a record created for the main domain makes it impossible to use email addresses.

CNAME Records in Shared Website Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which our company offers with each and every shared website hosting plan, will permit you to set up CNAME records for any domain address or subdomain hosted in the account with several mouse clicks. If you aren't sure how to go about it, you can check out the video tutorial that is available inside the Control Panel, read the in depth Help article on the subject, or just simply contact us and we can assist you 24/7, although it is not likely that you'll experience any difficulties as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to select a domain/subdomain, enter the hostname that you're forwarding to, and save the change. The new record will be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records permits you to have better control of 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 such records easily.