Having 100 % control of your domain names 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 cloud web hosting provider. You might have heard of the so-called “name servers” that show where a domain name is hosted, but below them there's a whole group of records, for example the A record, which is the IP address of the server hosting the website, and the MX records, which show the server that deals with the emails for a specific domain. These records are used if you want to have your web site with one service provider and the emails with another, for instance. You could also use a domain name for a non-website service or direct the traffic to it by using special records. Some companies ask for an additional fee to grant access to edit particular DNS records besides the name servers.