Having complete control of your domains is something very crucial 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 hosting provider. You may have heard of the so-called “name servers” that show where a domain address is hosted, but below them you will find a whole group of records, like the A record, which is the IP address of the server hosting the site, and the MX records, which show the server that manages the emails for a specific domain name. These records are employed if you'd like to have your website with one company and the emails with another, as an illustration. Additionally you can 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 specific DNS records other than the name servers.
