Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig velquorzantrix.com. NS
Answer
velquorzantrix.com. 2 NS ns74.cloudns.uk.
velquorzantrix.com. 2 NS pns71.cloudns.net.
velquorzantrix.com. 2 NS pns72.cloudns.net.
velquorzantrix.com. 2 NS ns73.cloudns.com.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0