The NS, or Name Server records of a domain name, indicate which servers manage the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a particular hosting provider for your domain address is the simplest way to point it to their system and all its sub-records will 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), etc, so if you wish to modify some of these records, you will be able to do it by using their system. To put it differently, the NS records of a domain name show the DNS servers that are authoritative for it, so when you try to open a web address, the DNS servers are contacted to obtain the DNS records of the domain you are trying to reach. That way the site that you're going to see will be retrieved from the proper location. The name servers normally have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and each and every domain has at least 2 NS records. There is no functional difference between the two prefixes, so what type a website hosting provider is going to use depends entirely on their preference.

NS Records in Shared Website Hosting

The outstanding Hepsia CP, which comes with our shared website hosting packages, will enable you to control the name servers of each domain address registered through us with simply a few clicks, so even when you have never had a web hosting plan or a domain address before, you'll not encounter any difficulties. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, comes with a very user-friendly interface and will permit you to change the NS records of any domain address or even a number of domain names all at once. We provide you with the ability to set up child name servers dns1.your-domain.com and dns2.your-domain.com for every single domain address registered inside the account just as easily and all you need for that is a pair of IP addresses - either ours, if you're going to use the child NS to direct the domain to the account on our cloud platform, or the ones of the third-party provider if you'll use the new records to direct the domain name to their system. Different from other providers, we don't charge additional for providing this additional DNS management service.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Our semi-dedicated server accounts are handled using Hepsia - an all-in-one tool with extremely user-friendly interface, that will enable you to manage your domain addresses without difficulty even if you have not used a hosting account or a domain up to now. Changing the NS records for any domain name registered with our company, viewing the existing ones and whether they are accurate or not as to forward that domain to our cloud hosting platform is also fairly simple and requires just a couple of mouse clicks. You will also be able to register child name servers under every one of your domains as an element of the free DNS management services we offer you with each and every plan and have ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com. The latter can be used for any domain name you accommodate within the semi-dedicated account, so if you provide services to third-parties and host their websites, employing this feature will give you much more credibility as a business.