DOMAIN NAME TRANSFER
Domain
Name Transfer costs $10.00
including
1-YEAR renewal. We will add one year to your domain expiration date
on top of the time remaining
on your existing term. (EXAMPLE
: If your domain expires in September 2009, it will be extended to
September 2010. You do not lose one day.)
CLICK HERE TO: Start Your Domain Name Transfer now.
You can manage your domain
transfer online. Use the Check Transfer Status tool to manage your
domain transfer away from your previous registrar to our system. To do
so, access the
Domain Manager
section through our Domain Manager Login.
Domain Name Transfer /
Renewal Frequently asked questions
1.
Will the ownership of the domain I am transferring change?
2.
What
is a domain name transfer?
3.
What does the $10.00 fee include when I transfer my domain from other
registrar to NextRegister.com?
4.
Will
my domain's whois information and hosting change?
5.
Can you give me step by step description what
happens when I apply for domain name transfer?
6.
What should I do first before I apply for my domain name transfer?
7.
How long does
it take to transfer my domain?
8.
How can I manage the transfer of my domain name?
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Will the ownership of the domain I am transferring change?
Absolutely not. The
ownership of the domain name will remain
the same after the transfer, as it was before the transfer.
You
register it, you own it - 100%.
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What
is a domain name transfer?
If you already own a domain name,
you probably registered it with another Registrar, such as
Register.com or Network Solutions, and you probably paid $35 to
register it. Very likely you will be asked to pay the same amount to
renew the domain for another year and continue to pay the same amount
year after year. If you transfer your domain you will enjoy an
unbelievable savings on your domain name renewal, since it will cost
you only $10.00 - not $35 or $70 to renew your domain name. Transferring your domain to us means that your domain
will be moved from your existing Registrar to us.
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What does the $10.00 fee include when I transfer my domain from other
registrar to NextRegister.com?
By transferring the domain name to
NextRegister.com for $10.00, you get an automatic 1-year extension to
the domain registration expiration date.
This will include all Internic charges for 1 year and includes free
parking. There are no additional charges for this service.
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Will
my domain's whois information and hosting change?
No, everything on your domain name
record will remain the same when you transfer it to NextRegister.com,
including your current Hosting company, and DNS record information.
The expiration date is the only thing that will change, which will
have an automatic extension of one year from the previous registration
date with the losing registrar.
If you want to change Hosting companies, or update your domain name contact information, you will be able to make changes to
your domain name by using our
Domain Manager.
You will need your username and password to make any changes.
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Can you give me step by step description what
happens when I apply for domain
name transfer?
- Step # 1 - Submit domain name to be
transferred to NextRegister.com.
- Step # 2 - You will receive 2 emails
addressed to the Admin Contact for the domain and sent to the email
address of the Admin contact:
- One Email from us confirming we
have processed your domain transfer application.
- Second email will be directed to
the administrator to approve the transfer.
The email
will contain a link that you must click on or copy and paste into
the browser window, and an alphanumeric key that you must cut and
paste into the web page. You must hit the Continue button as well
as the Submit button in order to properly confirm your intent to
transfer. If you have any questions, please let us know. If you
did not receive the admin link and your email address on the Whois
record is correct, please
contact
us immediately.
You must authorize the
transfer in this final step, otherwise your transfer will not be
processed. This second email is sent to an administrative
contact email on your original domain name record. Be sure to
check your domain name record now - look for
ADMINISTRATIVE contact and verify that the email on this contact
is valid, current and yours! If the administrative contact
email address is your web hosting company or someone else, either have it
changed by them to your own email or make sure they will cooperate
with you in approving this process.
Step 3. After you have
authenticated per Step # 2, request is sent to a losing
registrar. If it is Network Solutions or Register.Com - expect
email from Network Solutions or Register.Com authenticating you
as a domain owner, asking you to take action, otherwise the domain
transfer request will be declined by them.
- NETWORK SOLUTIONS will send a
short email asking you to hit REPLY to their message and copy
one line of text into the subject. Requires domain owner to
respond within 3 days - otherwise declines the transfer request.
- REGISTER.COM will send you a
very long confusing email with lots of links - most of those
links would be to Renew with Register.Com but the last link in
their letter is actually the link to authenticate and approve
the domain move away from them. Requires domain owner to respond
within 3 days or declines the request.
Step 4. If all goes well, the
losing Registrar will release your domain - the time limit is 5
days for releasing your domain. Some Registrars, like Network
Solutions, will email you with final confirmation when your domain
transfers out of their jurisdiction.
Step 5. Keep checking your domain
manager transfer status report. When you receive an email from us
informing you that the transfer has completed successfully, 48
hours later you will be able to access the Domain Manager and make
any changes you wish on your Whois information.
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Once the Domain Transfer is finalized
by you, your Registrar is responsible for the actual transfer. They
may take anywhere from one to several days, depending on their current
procedures. If you check on your domain transfer in about 10 days from
your transfer application, it should show one additional year added to
the original expiration date, which is one way of telling that your
transfer is now completed and you may start using your control panel. Some reasons
transfer may not be completed are:
- DOMAIN NAME IS NOT YET 60 DAYS OLD
- DOMAIN NAME IS ON HOLD BY A CURRENT
REGISTRAR
- FOR NON PAYMENT
- DOMAIN NAME HOLD / IN DISPUTE
PROCEEDINGS.
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What should I do first before I apply for my domain name transfer?
Make sure that the email address on your current domain record
is correct. One of the most common reasons for domain transfer to
fail, is an old or incorrect email address for the administrative
contact of your domain name on the Whois record with the current
registrar.
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How long does
it take to transfer my domain?
It usually takes 7-8 days to
complete the transfer. Below are the Domain Manager status terms we use:
a. "Awaiting Approval"
This means we are still waiting for you to execute the
administrative approval link that we sent to the domain administrative
contact 24 hours after you submitted your domain name for
transfer/renewal to NextRegister.com.
The most common reason for this status
message is that the administrative contact's email address is outdated
or inactive at your prior registrar. Please confirm that your admin
contact's
email address is current
and valid on the Whois Global record. If
it is not, you must contact your prior registrar to update the admin
contact's email.
The email sent to the admin contact will contain a link that you must
click on or copy and paste into the browser window, and an
alphanumeric key that you must cut and paste into the web page. You
must hit the Continue button as well as the Submit button in order to
properly confirm your intent to transfer. If you have any questions,
please let us know. If you did not receive the admin link and your
email address on the whois record is correct, please
contact us
immediately
b.
"The admin of this domain has approved the transfer within the last
24 hours"
The administrative contact for the domain name has responded
to the admin approval request from NextRegister.com and we have
received the go ahead to inform your present registrar of your intent
to transfer the domain name to NextRegister.com to transfer the
domain.
c. "Losing Registrar has
Declined"
When the administrator executes the transfer link, the
existing registrar (i.e. Register.com, NetworkSolutions.com) will
receive a notification from us informing them of your request to
change registrars. ICANN rules gives every owner of a domain name
their right to transfer his domain name from any registrar to another
registrar. However you must expect that they will do everything to
make it difficult for you to do so, since they have lost hundreds of
thousands of domain names due to the outrageous fees they are
charging. There is no real solution for them since they cannot
logically match our prices due to the huge budget they are allocating
for salaries, and many layers of advertising considering that Network
Solutions pays next to nothing to register a domain name since they
own the shop.
d. "Completed"
The transfer process for your domain is now complete. At this point
you may renew your domain name for additional years (up to 10) if you
like, and make changes to the contact information for your domain.
Please note that according to ICANN policy, you must wait for a period
of 60 days if you choose to transfer your domain name to another
registrar.
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Some of the most common reasons for your
prior registrar denying the transfer include:
Not answering their confirmation email in time.
Not answering their confirmation email in the proper format.
The domain is expired or otherwise locked due to nonpayment.
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