The NS (Name Server) records of a domain reveal which DNS servers are authoritative for its zone. Essentially, the zone is the range of all records for the domain name, so when you open a URL within an Internet browser, your laptop or computer asks the DNS servers worldwide where the domain is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain must be retrieved. This way a web browser finds out what the A or AAAA record of the domain name is so that the latter is mapped to an IP and the web site content is required from the proper location, a mail relay server detects which server manages the emails for the domain name (MX record) so a message can be delivered to the correct mailbox, and so on. Any modification of these sub-records is done with the help of the company whose name servers are used, allowing you to keep the website hosting and switch only your email provider for example. Every domain has at least two NS records - primary and secondary, that start with a prefix like NS or DNS.

NS Records in Shared Web Hosting

The avant-garde Hepsia CP, offered with with our shared web hosting plans, will enable you to control the name servers of every single domain name registered through us with only a few clicks, so even if you have never had a hosting plan or a domain address before, you'll not encounter any difficulties. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, has a very user-friendly interface and it will enable you to change the NS records of any domain or even a number of domains together. In addition we offer you the chance to create child name servers dns1.your-domain.com and dns2.your-domain.com for any domain address registered within the account just as easily and all you need for that is a pair of IP addresses - either ours, if you are going to use the child NS to point the domain address to the account on our cloud platform, or the ones of the third-party company if you will use the new records to direct the domain 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 administered via Hepsia - an all-in-one tool with highly user-friendly interface, that will enable you to handle your domains effortlessly even when you haven't used a web hosting account or a domain address in the past. Changing the NS records for each domain address registered with our company, viewing the current ones and whether they are accurate or not as to direct that domain address to our cloud hosting platform is also quite simple and requires just several mouse clicks. You are also going to be able to register child name servers under each and every one of your domain addresses as part of the free DNS administration services we provide with each and every plan and have ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com. The latter can be used for every domain address you accommodate in the semi-dedicated account, so if you offer services to third-parties and host their sites, using this feature will give you far more credibility as a business.