The NS (Name Server) records of a domain show which DNS servers are authoritative for its zone. In simple terms, the zone is the range of all records for the domain, so when you open a URL in a browser, your computer asks the DNS servers worldwide where the domain is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain ought to be retrieved. In this way a browser finds out what the A or AAAA record of the domain is so that the latter is mapped to an IP address and the website content is required from the right location, a mail relay server detects which server takes care of the emails for the domain address (MX record) so that a message can be sent to the needed mailbox, and so on. Any modification of these sub-records is performed through the company whose name servers are used, enabling you to keep the web hosting and switch only your email provider for example. Every single domain name has at least 2 NS records - primary and secondary, that start with a prefix such as NS or DNS.

NS Records in Website Hosting

The avant-garde Hepsia Control Panel, offered with with our website hosting plans, allows you to manage the name servers of each domain name registered through us with simply a couple of mouse clicks, so even when you have not had a website hosting plan or a domain before, you won't encounter any problems. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, has a very user-friendly interface and it will allow you to edit the NS records of any domain address or even a number of domains simultaneously. Additionally we provide you with the chance to create child name servers dns1.your-domain.com and dns2.your-domain.com for every single domain address registered in the account just as easily and all you need for that is a couple of IPs - either ours, if you will use the child NS to point the domain name to the account on our cloud platform, or the ones of the third-party company if you will use the new records to forward the domain address to their system. Unlike other companies, we don't charge additional for providing this additional DNS management service.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Our semi-dedicated server accounts are handled via Hepsia - an all-in-one tool with highly user-friendly interface, which will permit you to control your domains without difficulty even when you have never used a hosting account or a domain up to now. Changing the NS records for each and every domain registered with our company, viewing the existing ones and whether they are correct or not as to direct that domain name to our cloud hosting platform is also quite easy and requires only several mouse clicks. You will also be able to register child name servers under any of your domains as an element of the free DNS administration services we offer with each and every plan and have ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com. The latter can be used for every domain name that you accommodate in the semi-dedicated account, so if you provide services to third-parties and host their web sites, using this feature is going to give you much more credibility as a business.