Domain Name Transfer

So you have a domain name. Now what do you do with it?

Well, the obvious is to get it hosted somewhere. But how do you
get it "somewhere"? How does one move their domain from one
place to another?

Determine where your domain name is currently hosted

Domain transfers are without a doubt one of the most confusing
things to a domain name owner, especially if you've never done
it before and you don't have a clue as to where to start.
Unfortunately it's a fact and we can't make it easy for you.
But we can try to ease it up a bit.

The first thing you need to do is determine where your domain
name is currently hosted. To do this you must do a whois
search. Go to one of the websites below:

http://betterwhois.com
http://allwhois.com
http://completewhois

For this example we will use http://betterwhois.com. Type your
domain name in the text box provided.
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The who is database gives info about the registrant:
administrative contact
the technical contact and the billing contact, including
addresses phone numbers
and email addresses. This is available to the public.

We want info about http://notreallyadomain.com for this
example.

This is what you will see:

Domain names in the .com, .net, and .org domains can now be
registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to
http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.

Domain Name: http://NOTREALLYADOMAIN.COM
Registrar: TUCOWS, INC.
Whois Server: http://whois.opensrs.net
Referral URL: http://domainhelp.tucows.com
Name Server: http://NS1.NOTREALLYANAMESERVER.NET
Name Server: http://NS2.NOTREALLYANAMESERVER.NET

Updated Date: 07-jan-2004
Creation Date: 08-mar-1997
Expiration Date: 08-mar-2006
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The Registry database contains ONLY .COM, .NET, .ORG, .EDU
domains and
Registrars.

So, in breaking a whois search down:

Domain Name-The domainname you have inquired about

Registrar-The registrar the domain has been registered with

Whois Server-Who is database this info was pulled from

Referral URL-The URL of the Registrar -who you need to contact
in order to change the domain from one name server to the
other: either by physically talking to them or using control
panel access.

Primary Name Server-The nameserver the domain currently resides
on

Secondary Name Server-The nameserver the domain currently
resides on
Two nameservers are generally used: if the primary nameserver
breaks then the secondary can take over the primary nameserver
duties until the primary is fixed.

Updated Date-When the whois record was last updated

Creation Date: When the domainname was created

Expiration Date: When the domain name expires

This domain was registered thru an Opensrs registrar/reseller.
Scan the who is database
you will usually find the Registrar contact info. In this case
the info was towards the bottom:

Registration Service Provider: http://Domainmonger.com,
service@domainmonger.com
+1.425-821-8032 http://www.domainmonger.com

We would then go to http://www.domainmonger.com

Providing we have our userid and password we could login and
change our nameserver info, contact info or any number of
functions.

Once we have changed our name server info there is generally a
propagation periodnas the internet as a whole updates with new
dns information. For a new domain name, you can count on
anywhere from 12 - 24 hours. For a domain name that is already
in existance, and has already been moved, it can take anywhere
from 12 - 72 hours. There is no definitive time, unfortunately.

There have been instances of propagation taking two weeks or
more.

Here are some of the different Domain name registrars now
available on the net.

Recommendations to keep your domain name maintenence
hassle-free:

Never use your domain name as part of your email address on
your contact email for your whois record. Use a web-based email
like Yahoo or Hotmail. If you experience any kind of issue,
you'll be emailed at your contact email, and if it's your
domain name and it's broken, you're out of luck.

Use yourself as a technical contact on your whois record. Use a
second email address as well. Hosting companies do go out of
business, and this could hinder your access should you want to
move the domain name.

Keep track of the email addresses you use as contacts, the
userids and passwords. Keep track of your domain name - when
you ordered it, when it expires. If you let the domain name
expire, your website will not be accessible through the domain
name. Keep track of any userids/passwords associated with
domain name maintenence.

About The Author: Elizabeth Ramer has been working in the web
hosting industry since 1997, and enjoys building computers in
her spare time. Visit http://flawebworks.com for web hosting or
http://build-computer-systems.com/ for computer components.

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