The NS (Name Server) records of a domain name show which DNS servers are authoritative for its zone. Essentially, the zone is the selection of all records for the domain address, so when you open a URL within a browser, your PC asks the DNS servers around the globe where the domain is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain address ought to be retrieved. That way a web browser finds out what the A or AAAA record of the domain address is so that the latter is mapped to an Internet protocol address and the web site content is required from the right location, a mail relay server discovers which server handles the emails for the domain name (MX record) so that a message can be delivered to the right mailbox, etc. Any change of these sub-records is done using the company whose name servers are used, so you're able to keep the website hosting and change only your email provider for instance. Each domain address has at least two NS records - primary and secondary, which start with a prefix such as NS or DNS.

NS Records in Shared Website Hosting

Taking care of the NS records for any domain registered inside a shared website hosting account on our top-notch cloud platform will take you only seconds. Using the feature-rich Domain Manager tool within the Hepsia Control Panel, you are going to be able to change the name servers not only of a single domain address, but even of numerous domains at the same time if you want to point them all to the same hosting provider. Identical steps will also enable you to direct newly transferred domain names to our platform since the transfer process doesn't change the name servers automatically and the domain addresses will still point to the old host. If you would like to set up private name servers for an Internet domain registered on our end, you will be able to do that with only a couple of mouse clicks and with no additional charge, so if you decide to have a company web site, for instance, it'll have more credibility if it employs name servers of its own. The newly created private name servers can be used for pointing any other domain to the same account too, not only the one they're created for.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Our semi-dedicated server accounts are managed through Hepsia - an all-in-one tool with very user-friendly interface, which will enable you to control your domain names easily even if you have not used a hosting account or a domain address previously. Changing the NS records for each domain registered with our company, viewing the existing ones and whether they are correct or not as to point that domain to our cloud hosting platform is also quite easy and takes just a few mouse clicks. You're also going to be able to register child name servers under every one of your domain names as a part 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 address which you accommodate in the semi-dedicated account, so if you provide services to third-parties and host their websites, employing this feature is going to give you much more credibility as a business.