Having 100 % control over your domain names is something very necessary and being able to access and edit the DNS records for every single one of them is one of the things you need to look for when you search for a registration or a cloud hosting provider. Perhaps you have heard about 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 site, and the MX records, which show the server that deals with the emails for a specific domain address. These records are used if you want to have your site with one company and the e-mails with another, for example. You may also use a domain name for a non-website service or forward the traffic to it using special records. Some companies ask for an additional payment to give access to edit specific DNS records other than the name servers.