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If I've got a domain which I bought with one company, can I let it expire and then just buy it through another?
Is this a Nominet domain name (ends with .uk), for different types of domain names requires different ways of transferring for instants Nominet domains can be transferred by asking the current tag holder to change the IPS tag. Centralnic (uk.com us.com etc..) requires a Centralnic handles to be changed by the current registrar on either of the three options i.e Administration, Billing and Technical Handles. Verisign Domains (.com .net) is normally easier, if the registrant has the admin and technical email contacts as themselves they can approve transfer out requests themselves, this also applies to .info and .org but they require a password to iniate transfers by the main registrar that controls them (at the moment I can't remember who they are but they are listed somewhere on ICANN.org)
Also different registrars have different routes to go through when the domain expires, for instants a Nominet domain the registrant will be suspended and then the domain detagged. Verisign domains go into Redemptions Period. I can't remember about Centralnic but I believe they are removed when the handle states they wisht to release the domain.
Also different registrars have different routes to go through when the domain expires, for instants a Nominet domain the registrant will be suspended and then the domain detagged. Verisign domains go into Redemptions Period. I can't remember about Centralnic but I believe they are removed when the handle states they wisht to release the domain.
The website under the domain name in question is a non-changing one (i.e. an online advert) so I may as well wait for it to expire (end of August) rather than paying transfer fees.
phi11ip wrote:
> Freeola charge something stupid to move a domain, it's gonna cost me
> quite a bit to move mine.
Hmm, that's odd. It was only the company I was transferring to that charged me. I spose Freeola needs to include nasty little additional costs like these to cover their expenses (unlimited webspace and all). Saying that, don't you have to dial a local rate number to connect to their FTP servers? Or has that changed?
> Freeola charge something stupid to move a domain, it's gonna cost me
> quite a bit to move mine.
Hmm, that's odd. It was only the company I was transferring to that charged me. I spose Freeola needs to include nasty little additional costs like these to cover their expenses (unlimited webspace and all). Saying that, don't you have to dial a local rate number to connect to their FTP servers? Or has that changed?
Freeola charge something stupid to move a domain, it's gonna cost me quite a bit to move mine.
Why don't you just open up an account with the company you wish to transfer it to. They should then give you the option to transfer domain names to them, and provide you with their IPS TAG, which you must pass on to your current company, asking for them to change it.
The new company might well charge you for the transfer (not much, usually around £5), but this is the method I used, and everything went smoothly enough! :)
The new company might well charge you for the transfer (not much, usually around £5), but this is the method I used, and everything went smoothly enough! :)
Cheers, super-bike-boy.
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think it has to be detagged or similar, you need to find a site with a decent faq, one thing to watch, a lot of domain registration comapnies automatically renew the URL and charge you for it (it's in the small print when you originally buy the name) when it expires.
If I've got a domain which I bought with one company, can I let it expire and then just buy it through another?