A Soon-to-be Returning Customer....

[bizmo]

I'm going to be returning to TCH very soon but had a question first, concerning transferring a domain. Back last year(?) some time, I joined the MS Office Live Basic beta and got a free domain name. I decided that I wasn't going to renew once the free beta became a pay product, and therefore my domain name expired last month. However, it was still locked by the registrar, and I would like to transfer it over here when I set up my new hosting. Through email, I finally received confirmation from my registrar that the transfer lock has been lifted, so I can transfer it over to TCH. My question is this, however. Since the domain is expired, I will have to pay the $11 for it here. When I set up my hosting account, will I just pay that at that time, or do I need to pay for it before setting up my account? I just checked on the domain page and it is not available for purchase, so I'm thinking that I'll just pay TCH along with my hosting fees when I go through the domain transfer process. Is that correct?

[TCH-Andy]

It depends on the status of the domain name.

 

Usually there is a redemption period - where you can only purchase it through the existing domain name registrar.

 

You pay for the hosting separately to the transfer / domain name registration ( it's not part of the same process ).

[bizmo]

It depends on the status of the domain name.

 

Usually there is a redemption period - where you can only purchase it through the existing domain name registrar.

 

You pay for the hosting separately to the transfer / domain name registration ( it's not part of the same process ).

 

 

Okay, thanks for the quick response!

[bizmo]

Mkay, just finished going through the relatively painless transfer process. Now I'm just waiting for Melbourne to send my authorization code. Thanks again! It's good to be back!

[TCH-Bruce]

Welcome back

[TCH-Thomas]

Welcome back, bizmo.