Having full control over your domain names is something rather crucial and being able to access and edit the DNS records for every single one of them is one of the things you have to look for when you search for a registration or a cloud web hosting provider. Perhaps you have heard about the so-called “name servers” that show where a domain is hosted, but below them you will find a whole list of records, such as the A record, which is the IP address of the server hosting the website, and the MX records, which show the server that manages the emails for a specific domain name. These records are employed if you'd like to have your site with one provider and the e-mails with another, as an illustration. You could also use a domain address for a non-website service or direct the traffic to it using special records. Many companies ask for an additional fee to provide access to edit particular DNS records apart from the name servers.