Transferring your Domain
to Real Web Host
Its easy as 1...2...3!!
- Signup for your hosting
account, and get your confirmation email
- Copy down the name servers
of the server you reside on
- Login to your Registrar
& Change your DNS Name Servers
It seems one of the most common
questions for people moving their web site to a new hosting provider
is "How do I move my domain name?" It's actually
a very easy task that worries far more people than it should.
Back "in the day"
your new hosting provider could easily transfer your domain name
for you since all domains were registered through one single source,
Network Solutions. A host simply had to submit one form for each
domain and the system handled the rest. Well, these days there are
hundreds of domain registration services, of which have numerous
different methods of making changes to domains registered through
them. It would be a logistical nightmare to track down every registrar
and their system to make changes. Don't worry, although domain name
competition may have brought a slight incontinence when transferring
the name to a new host, it has reduced the average price of registration
considerably!
Besides, making the change is
really quite a simple process anyway. Here's a general step by step
to help you along.
What you will need before you
get started...
- Your domain name - this is
just the whatever.com part - not the http or www part.
- Where you name was registered
such as Network Solutions/Verisign, Register.com, etc. - * If
you don't know this, click
here to look it up.
- Your user id and password
assigned when registering your domain name. If registered through
Network Solutions chances are you might not have one - don't worry.
If you don't know what it is, go to your registrar and try to
login into the account manager using just a guess. Most services
offer a reminder service to email your password.
- The Name Server info for
your new account. This is always supplied in the confirmation
email that we send you once your account is setup. If you do not
have this infomation, you can open a trouble ticket or simply
login to your control panel and view them:
- NS3.RWHMAX.COM
- NS4.RWHMAX.COM
Once you have located this information,
simply follow the steps...
If you registered with
a company other then Network Solutions (more popular).
Then don't let the above steps scare you - chances are yours will
be much easier!
1. Go to your registrar such
as Real Web Host, register.com, verisign.com or its yourdomain.com
and login.
2. Look around for something
about "Domain Name Servers or DNS Information" and click
it. It should be a contain information that looks similar to the
information provided by your new host. Replace it with your new
account's DNS information and click the submit button.
Your information should be updated in 24 - 72 hours from the date
the submissions were changed.
Older Network Solutions
Changes
If you registered your name through Network Solutions more than
a year or so ago and have not touched it since, chances are you
will use the following method.
1. Go here: https://www.netsol.com/en_US/manage-it/index.jhtml
(will launch in new window)
2. Enter your domain name in
the field labeled Domain Name and click Go! - Note: if you
get a message saying "sorry we don't have this domain...."
then you know your name is listed with another registrar. If that's
the case, click
here to find out who.
3. Using the drop down menu,
select "transfer my domain to another ISP" and
click Go!
4. Enter your email address
(the one you use now) and click Go!.
5. Scroll down a bit to the
fields labeled "Name Server Information" and enter the
information provide by your host in the Primary and Secondary fields.
Although primary and secondary are required, the others are optional.
Click "Submit the form..."
6. Now - you are not done...
believe it or not all these steps do nothing but make their system
send you an email! In a few minutes check your email - you should
have a message from Network Solutions. Simply reply to this email
- don't touch anything in the message or subject - just click reply
and send it on.
7. Thought you were done? No
chance. Nothing has ever been that easy with Network Solutions!
your domain has 3 contacts listed on it - an admin, a technical
and a billing. The same person can be listed as all three contacts.
Either way, Network solutions will now send an email to each of
the contacts listed. If any one of these contacts replies to the
mail their receive, with a Y (as in Yes) right beside the : (colons)
after line 1a, and the words "MAIL-FROM" in the authorization
scheme right above that line, then clicks submit - then your name
will finally be transferred! |
