FAQ About Private Name Servers

Q. What are private name servers?

A. In essence, a name server that contains the user’s own domain name is a private name server. For example, private name servers would be ns1.yourdomain.com and ns2.yourdomain.com. Consequently, when users sign up for hosting, they utilize their private Name Server.

Q. How can I find my private name server IPs?

A. First, every reseller server has its own domain name server, so users will need to find their welcome email for the name server info. In the case of ns1.yourdomain.com, for instance, the IP would be the IP listed in the user’s welcome email. Then, for ns2.yourdomain.com, the IP would be the same except for a change in the last digit of the IP, which would be one digit greater. For example, if you receive the following IP in the welcome email: 92.48.74.22, then your ns2.domain.com name server IP would be 92.48.74.23.

Q. What are the advantages of having Private Name Servers?

A. Indeed, maximum resellers select their own private name server for several reasons. For instance, any reseller hosting user can resell their hosting packages, or they can make their own hosting plans with prices and resell them to their customers under their own brand name. In that case, the reseller’s customers would not know that they get web hosting plans from the reseller—unless the reseller lets them realize it. Furthermore, the whole server hardware and software background, and management will be managed by the main hosting provider. Therefore, the default name server would seem unprofessional for a web hosting provider run by a reseller.

Q. I want to get a Private Name Server. What can I do about that?

A. To get a private Name Server, you first have to create the name server when you register your domain. Keep in mind, each domain registrar has its own process to make a private name server. Therefore, if you want to register your own name servers, you should look for options like “register DNS,” “create DNS,” or “add DNS” in your hosting account with your registrar. Through this option, you can then easily register your private name servers. Finally, after you register your private name server with the registrar, you would be able to utilize the IP address (which you get with the welcome email) when registering the private nameservers.