Zone Status

Applies To:

A zone's status determines whether DNS service will be enabled for that zone. Common usages for this feature are:

Preventing our name servers from providing answers for a zone that has not been properly configured. Setting a new zone's status to inactive allows you to create the desired records and double-check your configuration before enabling our DNS service.
Testing your configuration. Once you are satisfied that your zone has been configured properly, you can disable it until you want to start serving production traffic on it.

Keep the following information in mind with regards to status and billing:

A zone's status does not affect whether it is billable. Once traffic has flowed through a zone, it has been activated and will be considered a billable zone even if it never receives additional traffic.
Only billable zones are included when calculating the total number of zones associated with your account.
Only by deleting a billable zone can it be excluded from your total zone calculation. For detailed information on billing, please contact your DNS account manager.