Having complete control over your domain names is something quite crucial and to be able to access and edit the DNS records for any of them is among the things you should look for when you search for a registration or a cloud web hosting provider. Maybe you have heard about the so-called “name servers” that show where a domain is hosted, but below them there's a whole set 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 emails for a particular domain name. These records are employed if you would like have your web site with one service provider and the e-mails with another, as an illustration. Additionally you can use a domain address for a non-website service or forward the traffic to it by using special records. Some companies ask for an extra fee to grant access to edit specific DNS records other than the name servers.