Comments on: 6 Steps To Transfer Domain Name to New Registrar

By: jocelyne lavergne

jocelyne lavergne — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 14:05:29 +0000

If my site is unavailable, due to problems with the shared server at my current hosting provider, can I transfer to another hosting provider?

Will they be able to acces “whatever is necessary” to give me the authorization code?

I am thinking in terms of, what I can do to have my website running in case of non availability at my current host. In fact, I have customers set up at the same hosting company and they are the ones I am worried about.

In french we say a “plan de relève” or emergency pla.
I could have the backup of all my files and database taken on a regular basis.
Thanks for your input.

By: Michael Ota

Michael Ota — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 19:36:27 +0000

Anyone have a GoDaddy account? I need to move my shared servers to a dedicated server and not sure how all of that works.

By: John

John — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:04:40 +0000

After you receive the authorization code, can you turn domain protect back on or do you have to leave it off until the transfer is complete?

By: Jesse

Jesse — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:26:38 +0000

Very helpful info, thanks.
It would be nice to have statistics on how many days the various registrars take in order to complete a transfer to another registrar. I am impressed that Bluehost is so prompt. Does anyone know about 1&1′s track record?

By: Abu

Abu — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:03:41 +0000

I had a horrible experience trying to transfer a domain
from Net4 to godaddy. Net4 took over a month to send me
the auth code. When they finally sent it, I realised that it
was incorrect. I called up their customer service and blasted
them. I’m still in the process of transferring it.
Net4 is a big scam, their customer sevice sucks to the core
they are expensive too, and provide limited service

By: Ajit

Ajit — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:25:38 +0000

Really a good way to explain the things in a very simple way.

By: andy rooney

andy rooney — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:06:55 +0000

Anyone have a GoDaddy account? I need to migrate my shared servers to a dedicated server and not sure how all of that works.

By: Damien

Damien — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:11:30 +0000

Hi. Simple and comprehensive. Thanks for the post.

By: Ramesh

Ramesh — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:03:01 +0000

@Ajith,

You are right. If someone is moving both the domain registrar and the hosting, they should be careful and make sure the website is restored properly.

But if you are changing only the domain-name registrar, (and not the hosting company) all you need to worry about is making sure the NS1 and NS2 in the domain-name DNS (after the transfer) points to the hosting company.

@Sanford,

Thanks for the information. I noticed that too. I’ve moved domain names from both network-solutions and bluehost to go-daddy. Transfer from bluehost to go-daddy went very smooth without any glitch and happened instantly.

By: Sanford

Sanford — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:02:35 +0000

Ramesh –

Just to let you know – Network Solutions “follows the ICANN regulation” of waiting five to seven days for the transfer to take effect. So, unlike godaddy or bluehost, where you can complete the final step via a setting on the domain manager, Network Solutions REQUIRES you to wait five to seven days.

I found this funny when they asked the question – “Why are you leaving Network Solutions?” Oi!