Having full control over your domain names is something very important and being able to access and edit the DNS records for every one of them is among the things you have to look for when you search for a registration or a shared hosting provider. You may have heard of the so-called “name servers” that show where a domain address is hosted, but below them there is a whole group of records, like the A record, which is the IP address of the server hosting the website, and the MX records, which show the server that handles the emails for a specific domain address. These records are employed if you wish to have your website with one service provider and the emails with another, as an illustration. You can also use a domain name for a non-website service or direct the traffic to it using special records. Many companies ask for an additional fee to grant access to edit certain DNS records other than the name servers.