Having full control over your domain names is something very important and being able to access and edit the DNS records for each of them is among the things you should look for when you search for a registration or a hosting provider. You might have heard of the so-called “name servers” that show where a domain address is hosted, but below them there is a whole list of records, like 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 e-mails for a certain domain. These records are employed if you would like have your website with one provider and the e-mails with another, for instance. You can also use a domain address for a non-website service or direct the traffic to it by using special records. Some companies ask for an additional fee to give access to edit certain DNS records apart from the name servers.