Having full control of your domain names is something very important 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 website hosting provider. Perhaps you have heard of the so-called “name servers” that show where a domain is hosted, but below them there's a whole list of records, such as the A record, which is the IP address of the server hosting the site, and the MX records, which show the server that handles the e-mails for a certain domain address. These records are used if you would like have your web site with one service provider and the emails with another, as an illustration. Additionally you can use a domain address for a non-website service or direct the traffic to it by using special records. A lot of companies ask for an additional fee to grant access to edit specific DNS records besides the name servers.