The NS, or Name Server records of a domain name, reveal which servers handle the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a given hosting provider for your domain name is the most effective way to direct it to their system and all its sub-records will be handled on their end. This includes A (the IP address of the server/website), MX (mail server), TXT (free text), SRV (services), CNAME (forwarding), and so on, so if you want to modify any of these records, you will be able to do it using their system. To put it differently, the NS records of a domain address reveal the DNS servers that are authoritative for it, so when you try to open a web address, the DNS servers are contacted to retrieve the DNS records of the domain name you are trying to reach. This way the site you'll see will be retrieved from the right location. The name servers normally have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and each and every domain address has at least 2 NS records. There isn't any sensible difference between the two prefixes, so which one a website hosting provider will use depends solely on their preference.

NS Records in Shared Website Hosting

In the event you register a domain name inside a shared website hosting account from our company, you are going to be able to manage its name servers effortlessly. This is accomplished via the Registered Domains section of the in-house built Hepsia website hosting Control Panel and with just a couple of clicks you'll be able to update the NS records of one or even several domain addresses simultaneously, which will save you time and efforts in case you have a large number of domain names that you would like to redirect to an alternative provider. You can enter a number of name servers depending on how many the other company gives you. We also allow you to create private name servers for each domain registered with our company and unlike many other providers we don't charge anything additional for this service. The newly created NS records can be used to direct any other domain name to the hosting platform of the company whose IP addresses you have used during the process, so every time you use our IPs for example, all domain names included in the account on our end can use these name servers.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Our semi-dedicated server accounts are handled through Hepsia - an all-in-one tool with very user-friendly interface, that will help you handle your domains with ease even when you have never used a web hosting account or a domain address up to now. Changing the NS records for each domain name registered through our company, viewing the current ones and whether they are accurate or not as to direct that domain to our cloud hosting platform is also fairly simple and takes just a couple of mouse clicks. You will also be able to register child name servers under any of your domain addresses as part of the free DNS administration services that we provide with each and every plan and have ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com. The latter can be used for each and every domain address you accommodate in the semi-dedicated account, so if you offer services to third-parties and host their websites, using this feature will give you much more credibility as a business.