Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig reachsmartdwell.com. NS
Answer
reachsmartdwell.com. 5 NS list.dnspod.net.
reachsmartdwell.com. 5 NS dull.dnspod.net.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0