A domain name is an identity of an individual / company over the web and its management is of utmost importance. The Registrant can manage his domain names all by himself.

Some registrars provide support only on weekdays (8 hours a day). If you have a control panel for your domain name, you can manage the domain names on the weekends all by yourself. If not, you have to wait till the week starts in order to make any changes. Having an ENOM control panel ensures that you don't waste any time to make any normal changes like updating the nameservers and contact information for your domain name.

The ENOM control panel is offered free of cost. One need not pay any additional charges for this.

Managing the Domain name through ENOM access panel -
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* Contact details - The details provided by the Registrant at the time of domain registration is displayed in the whois. If you wish to change your contact details, you need to login to the ENOM control panel and click on "Contact Information", update the Information and click on save.

* DNS information - You can update the nameservers for the domain name.

* Host Records - To enable host records, you need to use the default DNS settings.

Host records can be used to direct your domain name to your web server’s IP address (via A or AAAA records) or specify which servers handle email delivery for your domain (via MX records).

Listed below are the types of records the client can set using ENOM access panel -
A (Address) Record :
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An A record is typically used to direct your domain name to a web server.

AAAA Record :
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Its similar to an A record, except that it maps a hostname to an IPv6 address. AAAA Records play an important role in the conversion of hostnames to IP addresses.

A record translates a hostname to its corresponding IPv4 address whereas the AAAA record is working for specifying the IPv6 address for a certain host.

CNAME (Alias) Record :
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It specifies that the domain name is an alias of another, canonical domain name. A CNAME record plays a very important role whilst running multiple services like an FTP server and a webserver, each running on different ports from a single IP address.



* Email Services -

You need to select the best email solution that works for you -

POP Email - Email Accounts (POP3) : You can setup fully functional email accounts which you should be able to check from anywhere with Webmail.

Email forwarding - With the help of email forwarding, one can forward any email alias on your domain to another email address.

User (MX) - You can point your email to any mail server. (Mail server name required)

User simplified (MXE) - You can point your email to any mail server. (Mail server's IP address required)


Managing the domain name through Nominet's Control Panel -
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Once you login to the Nominet Control panel, you will find the below listed options -

* Domain List - The domain list shows the number of domains under your account.

* Registrar Change - Your registrar is the company that manages your domain name account with us. They manage your account on your behalf. If you ever wish to change the registrar, you will need to contact them. They will assist you at no additional cost. However, if you want to change your registrar through Nominet, you will need to pay £12.00 inc VAT.

* Registrant Transfer - You can transfer the domain name to some other Registrant. You need to provide the email address of the other person you wish to transfer your domain names to. You will need to pay £12.00 inc VAT to Nominet.

* Cancel Domains - You can cancel your domain names with the help of this service. You need to call on 01865 332244 to get the domain name canceled. The domain name will be available for registration once it has been canceled by the Registrant.

* Whois and Contact Details - To the top right corner of the panel, you will find an option of "Account Settings". You can update your contact information from here. You can also opt out the whois, set some security question and merge accounts.

To update the nameservers of a .uk domain name, you need to contact the domain registrar.