The NS, or Name Server records of a domain name, point out which servers manage the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a specific host company for your domain address is the most convenient way to point it to their system and all its sub-records are going to be taken care of on their end. This includes A (the IP address of the server/website), MX (mail server), TXT (free text), SRV (services), CNAME (forwarding), and so forth, if you want to change any of these records, you're going to be able to do it through their system. Put simply, the NS records of a domain address reveal the DNS servers that are authoritative for it, so when you attempt to open a web address, the DNS servers are contacted to get the DNS records of the domain you are trying to reach. That way the website that you're going to see is going to be retrieved from the proper location. The name servers normally have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and every single domain address has at least 2 NS records. There is absolutely no functional difference between the two prefixes, so what type a hosting provider will use depends completely on their preference.

NS Records in Shared Hosting

If you register a domain name inside a shared hosting account from our company, you will be able to take care of its name servers without difficulty. This is done through the Registered Domains section of the in-house built Hepsia website hosting Control Panel and with just a couple of mouse clicks you are going to be able to update the NS records of a single one or even numerous domain names at a time, which could save you time and efforts in case you have a huge number of domain names that you would like to direct to an alternative provider. You can enter a number of name servers depending on how many the other provider gives you. Additionally we permit you to create private name servers for each domain name registered through our company and unlike many other companies we don't charge anything more for this service. The newly created NS records can be used to redirect any other domain to the hosting platform of the company whose IP addresses you have used during the process, so each time you use our IPs for example, all domains added to the account on our end can use these name servers.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Our semi-dedicated server accounts are managed via Hepsia - an all-in-one tool with incredibly user-friendly interface, which will allow you to control your domain addresses without difficulty even if you haven't used a web hosting account or a domain address previously. Changing the NS records for each domain address registered with our company, viewing the current ones and whether they are correct or not as to point that domain to our cloud hosting platform is also quite simple and requires only a couple of clicks. You'll also be able to register child name servers under any of your domain addresses as part of the free DNS control services that we offer with each and every plan and have ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com. The latter can be used for each and every domain name you accommodate inside the semi-dedicated account, so if you provide services to third-parties and host their websites, using this feature will give you far more credibility as a business.