Nameservers are the internet's address book — they tell browsers where to find your domain's services.

• When someone visits your domain, their browser asks the domain's nameservers where the website and email live.
• The nameservers hold your DNS records (article 131), which point to the right servers.
• Whoever controls the nameservers controls where your domain's traffic goes.

Tip: To host with us, point your domain at our nameservers (article 130). If you use a third party like Cloudflare, you point at theirs instead and manage records there.