WickedNick Posted December 12, 2004 Posted December 12, 2004 Hi, Looks like everyone is very friendly & helpful. Awesome. I've got a question. I've got a site, www.cavendishsportingclays.com, and the domain registration is coming due in January. The name was registered for me by a previous host, rackplanet, and the site was hosted there until they melted down. The site was then moved to fullservicehosting as part of the meltdown deal (fsh took over for them). What I'd like to do would be to switch to here for my hosting, and to re-register my name. How you you suggest I switch, reregister and gain control of my name...or am I SOL? Thanks, WN Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted December 12, 2004 Posted December 12, 2004 Do you have access to edit the name servers your domain is pointing to? If so you would just need to change them to the ones used here at TCH. If the domain is coming due in January I don't think it's possible to start a domain transfer if that is what you want to do. I think you have to do that 60 days prior to expiration. As for waiting for it to expire you might have to wait even longer to transfer the registration. So if you have the domain, you can keep it registered where it is, buy hosting here and point the nameservers to point here instead of where they are currently pointing. Quote
Head Guru Posted December 12, 2004 Posted December 12, 2004 You might have a problem. Here is the whois as I see it. Registrant: Rack Planet 609 Dominik College Station, Texas 77840 United States Registered through: GoDaddy.com Domain Name: CAVENDISHSPORTINGCLAYS.COM Created on: 02-Jan-04 Expires on: 02-Jan-05 Last Updated on: 07-Apr-04 Administrative Contact: Hosting, Web Rack Planet 609 Dominik College Station, Texas 77840 United States 9797392751 Fax -- Technical Contact: Hosting, Web Rack Planet 609 Dominik College Station, Texas 77840 United States 9797392751 Fax -- Domain servers in listed order: NS1.FULLSERVICEHOSTING.COM NS2.FULLSERVICEHOSTING.COM As you can see Godaddy.com is the registra. So looks to me like Rack Planet registered the domain on your behalf. You would need to contact Rack Planet to facilitate the change. Bill PS: There are some new ICANN rules that may help you in this case. Before we get into those, try to get ahold of your old provider and see if they are willing to help you transfer the name. Quote
WickedNick Posted December 14, 2004 Author Posted December 14, 2004 Thanks guys! I've initiated my request with them to transfer administrative control of that name from them to me. We'll see what they say. Quote
Don Posted December 14, 2004 Posted December 14, 2004 I ran into the same thing a few years ago. All's I had to do was send a copy of some identification proving I was who I said I was. It was a hassle, but not terrible. There have been some recent rule changes which make it significantly easier now I believe. Quote
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