Having full control of your domain names is something very crucial and to be able to access and edit the DNS records for every one of them is among the things you need to look for when you search for a registration or a shared website hosting provider. Maybe you have heard about the so-called “name servers” that show where a domain name is hosted, but below them there is a whole group 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 address. These records are used if you would like have your web site with one company and the emails with another, as an illustration. You may also use a domain for a non-website service or direct the traffic to it by using special records. Many companies ask for an additional fee to grant access to edit certain DNS records apart from the name servers.