The NS, or Name Server records of a domain, reveal which servers handle the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a specific host company for your domain address is the most convenient way to direct it to their system and all its sub-records are going to be managed on their end. This includes A (the IP address of the server/website), MX (mail server), TXT (free text), SRV (services), CNAME (forwarding), etcetera, so, in case you need to edit any of these records, you'll be able to do it using their system. To put it differently, the NS records of a domain name point out the DNS servers which are authoritative for it, so when you attempt to open a web address, the DNS servers are contacted to get the DNS records of the Internet domain you are trying to access. This way the website that you're going to see will be retrieved from the right location. The name servers typically have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and each domain has at least 2 NS records. There's no practical difference between the two prefixes, so which one a web hosting provider will use depends exclusively on their preference.

NS Records in Shared Hosting

Managing the NS records for any domain registered inside a shared hosting account on our top-notch cloud platform is going to take you only seconds. Using the feature-rich Domain Manager tool inside the Hepsia Control Panel, you're going to be able to change the name servers not just of a single domain, but even of numerous domains simultaneously when you need to direct them all to the same website hosting provider. The exact same steps will also enable you to direct newly transferred domain addresses to our platform as the transfer process will not change the name servers automatically and the domain addresses will still redirect to the old host. If you'd like to set up private name servers for a domain name registered on our end, you're going to be able to do that with only a couple of mouse clicks and with no additional charge, so in case you have a company site, as an example, it will have more credibility if it employs name servers of its own. The newly created private name servers can be used for redirecting any other domain address to the same account too, besides the one they're created for.