Creating a CNAME record for any of the domain addresses or subdomains that you have in a hosting account will permit you to point it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain will lose all its records - A, MX etc, and will take the records of the domain it's being pointed to. In this light, you cannot create a CNAME record to point your domain to a third-party company and keep a working e-mail service with the first provider. It is also very important to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words rather than a number as it's generally mistaken for the A record of the domain being redirected. One of the major uses of a CNAME record is to forward a domain address that you own through one provider to the servers of another provider assuming you have created a website with the latter. In this way, the website will appear under your own domain, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.
CNAME Records in Shared Website Hosting
The Hepsia hosting CP, which we provide with each and every Linux shared website hosting, will enable you to create CNAME records for every single domain or subdomain hosted inside the account with just a few mouse clicks. If you aren't absolutely sure how to go about it, you can check out the video tutorial that's available in the CP, read the in depth Help article on the subject, or just simply contact us and we will help you 24/7, even though it is not likely that you'll experience any issues as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to select a domain/subdomain, type the hostname that you're forwarding to, and save the change. The new record is going to be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records enables you to have better control over your domain addresses and site content and our system is simple and user-friendly enough to allow people with no previous experience to create this sort of records with ease.