Having 100 % control over your domains is something very important and being 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 website hosting provider. Maybe you have heard about the so-called “name servers” that show where a domain address 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 website, and the MX records, which show the server that handles the emails for a particular domain. These records are employed if you'd like to have your web site with one company and the emails with another, as an illustration. You can also use a domain for a non-website service or forward the traffic to it by using special records. Many companies ask for an extra payment to grant access to edit particular DNS records other than the name servers.
