Domain Transfer
When you sell a domain, change proprietorship or transfer it to a different registrar, take care of following points:
- Domain Subscription: While moving the name is amidst of subscription. Generally, the seller pay for present subscription and purchaser buys another membership.
- Buyer Facilitates the Transfer: Purchaser set up an account with the registrar. If the registrar is common, it is conceivable to exchange, but, if different the seller provides domain code.
- Domain Sell: Use website management services offered by organizations to cease domain robbery. The registrar provides domain lock or domain protection until it is enabled, a domain cannot be transferred. For other people to initiate the transfer process, the seller needs to unlock it.
Once the transfer process initiates, the management suites send an e-mail to the purchaser for approval.
Escrow services facilitate domain name exchange, and it holds both parties signed documents until the point the seller gets funds and a purchaser of the assets. In case of any falsehood or slyness, the purchase can claim a website and assets retained.
Follow the steps
Step:
– Come to the old: backup database (download back to localhost)
– Download all files into a directory or in localhost folder
– Come to the new: create a new database -> import SQL
– Upload all files to the root directory.
– Change nameservers in domain cPanel if you buy a domain with outside hosting service company. Or transfer your domain name if you buy a domain and hosting with the same company.
– Terminate contract with old service -> Finish.
It depends on the construction of your website (e.g. static HTML, database-driven etc.).
static HTML (or otherwise non-database driven) website
- Download all files from your old hosting company (e.g. via FTP)
- Ensure all emails are downloaded from the server (e.g. if you just access via webmail, they'll all be stored on the server, and will be lost when you close your account with the old web host)
- Select an appropriate hosting provider offering whatever scripting features etc. you require
- Upload your files (downloaded in step 1) to your new hosting provider
- Re-create any mailbox(es) etc. that you wish to use with your domain
- Change the nameservers for your domain to those provided by the new hosting provider – then wait (up to 72 hours) for DNS propagation to complete so that your domain correctly points to your new hosting provider's server instead of your old one
- Cancel the hosting service with your old hosting provider
Database driven website
- Download all files from your old hosting company (e.g. via FTP)
- Create a backup of the database(s) required for your website (e.g. via phpMyAdmin) – if the database(s) is large then you will need to ask your old hosting company to create a backup for you via shell.
- (optional)Disable the database driven parts of your website (e.g. turn the forums off) to avoid any changes to the database – any more changes will not be included in the database backup that you just created when you restore it to the new hosting service
- Ensure all emails are downloaded from the server (e.g. if you just access via webmail, they'll all be stored on the server, and will be lost when you close your account with the old web host)
- Select an appropriate hosting provider offering whatever scripting features etc. you require
- Upload your files (downloaded in step 1) to your new hosting provider
- Re-create the database(s) using the backup(s) taken in step 2 (e.g. via phpMyAdmin) – if the database(s) is large then you will need to ask your new hosting provider to restore the backup(s) for you via shell.
- Re-create any mailbox(es) etc. that you wish to use with your domain
- Change the nameservers for your domain to those provided by the new hosting provider – then wait (up to 72 hours) for DNS propagation to complete so that your domain correctly points to your new hosting provider's server instead of your old one
- Cancel the hosting service with your old hosting provider