diff --git a/src/components/KristNameLink.tsx b/src/components/KristNameLink.tsx
index f441e35..7f0da1d 100644
--- a/src/components/KristNameLink.tsx
+++ b/src/components/KristNameLink.tsx
@@ -16,18 +16,20 @@
 
 interface OwnProps {
   name: string;
+  text?: string;
   noLink?: boolean;
   neverCopyable?: boolean;
 }
 type Props = React.HTMLProps<HTMLSpanElement> & OwnProps;
 
-export function KristNameLink({ name, noLink, neverCopyable, ...props }: Props): JSX.Element | null {
+export function KristNameLink({ name, text, noLink, neverCopyable, ...props }: Props): JSX.Element | null {
   const nameSuffix = useSelector((s: RootState) => s.node.currency.name_suffix);
   const nameCopyButtons = useBooleanSetting("nameCopyButtons");
   const copyNameSuffixes = useBooleanSetting("copyNameSuffixes");
 
   if (!name) return null;
   const nameWithSuffix = `${name}.${nameSuffix}`;
+  const content = text || nameWithSuffix;
 
   const copyable = !neverCopyable && nameCopyButtons
     ? { text: copyNameSuffixes ? nameWithSuffix : name }
@@ -37,10 +39,10 @@
 
   return <Text className={classes} copyable={copyable}>
     {noLink
-      ? nameWithSuffix
+      ? content
       : (
         <Link to={"/network/names/" + encodeURIComponent(name)}>
-          {nameWithSuffix}
+          {content}
         </Link>
       )}
   </Text>;
diff --git a/src/pages/names/NameARecordLink.tsx b/src/pages/names/NameARecordLink.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cce03ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pages/names/NameARecordLink.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2020-2021 Drew Lemmy
+// This file is part of KristWeb 2 under GPL-3.0.
+// Full details: https://github.com/tmpim/KristWeb2/blob/master/LICENSE.txt
+import React from "react";
+
+import { useSelector } from "react-redux";
+import { RootState } from "../../store";
+import { stripNameSuffix } from "../../utils/currency";
+
+import { KristNameLink } from "../../components/KristNameLink";
+
+function forceURL(link: string): string {
+  // TODO: this is rather crude
+  if (!link.startsWith("http")) return "https://" + link;
+  return link;
+}
+
+interface Props {
+  a?: string;
+}
+
+export function NameARecordLink({ a }: Props): JSX.Element | null {
+  const nameSuffix = useSelector((s: RootState) => s.node.currency.name_suffix);
+
+  if (!a) return null;
+
+  // I don't have a citation for this other than a vague memory, but there are
+  // (as of writing this) 45 names in the database whose A records begin with
+  // `$` and then point to another name. There is an additional 1 name that
+  // actually points to a domain, but still begins with `$` and ends with the
+  // name suffix. 40 of these names end in the `.kst` suffix. Since I cannot
+  // find any specification or documentation on it right now, I support both
+  // formats. The suffix is stripped if it is present.
+  if (a.startsWith("$")) {
+    // Probably a name redirect
+    const withoutPrefix = a.replace(/^\$/, "");
+    const nameWithoutSuffix = stripNameSuffix(nameSuffix, withoutPrefix);
+
+    return <KristNameLink
+      name={nameWithoutSuffix}
+      text={a}
+      neverCopyable
+    />;
+  }
+
+  return <a href={forceURL(a)} target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">
+    {a}
+  </a>;
+}
diff --git a/src/pages/names/NamePage.tsx b/src/pages/names/NamePage.tsx
index e64c6a3..88c357b 100644
--- a/src/pages/names/NamePage.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/names/NamePage.tsx
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import { useBooleanSetting } from "../../utils/settings";
 
 import { NameButtonRow } from "./NameButtonRow";
+import { NameARecordLink } from "./NameARecordLink";
 import { NameTransactionsCard } from "./NameTransactionsCard";
 
 import "./NamePage.less";
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@
                 </Typography.Link>
               </Tooltip>
             </>}
-            value={<a href={name.a} target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">{name.a}</a>}
+            value={<NameARecordLink a={name.a} />}
           />
         </Col>
       </Row>