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Transferring from another ISPWhen should I change ISP?
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How do I transfer a domain from another ISP
What is the process used to transfer a domain
Transferring a domain ending in '.UK'
I want to transfer my domain to a different hosting provider. How do I do this?
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When should I change ISP?I've paid for a year with my old ISP, shouldn't I wait before changing?
Accessing Services at OA5 / YASK / Irial : Transferring from another ISP : When should I change ISP? :
I've paid for a year with my old ISP, shouldn't I wait before changing?
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How do I transfer a domain from another ISP
If you use Macromedia dream-weaver or Hotmetal to manage your site, or ws-ftp to copy it, it is relatively simple to copy the whole structure. Details of how to access your site will be available from your current ISP.
Once everything is copied we will then change the DNS. At this point your new site will gradually go live over a period of some hours, as the DNS changes become visible. It takes a while because systems are allowed to cache old answers for a while.
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What is the process used to transfer a domainMake a safe copy of the site on the server we will host it on, under a test domain, check it works
Make database entry for the real domain
Set up mailboxes for the domain
Move test directory to correct location
We fill in all the details on a transfer form for OpenSRS
OpenSRS sends the admin contact an email requesting confirmation
Admin contact confirms
Previous registrar sends an email to admin contact trying to confuse them into not transferring
Admin contact gets confused
Transfer denied
Re-educate admin contact
Repeat transfer sequence until admin contact gets it right
Transfer accepted
We change nameservers at OpenSRS
Site goes live on our servers on the following midday
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Transferring a domain ending in '.UK'Domains ending in .UK are held on behalf of the owners by members of Nominet, each of whom has an IPS-TAG which is a key used to allow that member to control their customer's domains, what nameservers they use, who the contacts are etc
To transfer the domain to us the tag has to be changed to OA5's tag OCTARINE and this is usually acheived by writing to your current ISP and requesting that they change it. Here is a sample message:
Dear ISP,
Thank you for your past services. We now find we wish to change Service provider for our domain. To this end please arrange for mydomain.co.uk to be retagged to IPS-TAG OCTARINE
Thank you
On behalf of mydomain.co.uk
If this does not work then you may have to apply to Nominet to get them to make the change
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I want to transfer my domain to a different hosting provider. How do I do this?We're sorry we're not providing what you need, but if you do need to go, so be it.
There are three cases here
- You just want different hosting facilities, but want us to continue handling your mail for you
For this case you simply need to tell us the address of your new web server, and we'll change the DNS t make it happen.
- You want to transfer away completely, and your domain ends in '.uk'.
In this case you need to rell us the IPS TAG of your new ISP. We will then transfer your domain to them
- You want to transfer completely, and your domain has an ending other than '.uk'.
Drop us an email to support, to get the release code for your domain, then go to your new ISP and get them to request the transfer. You will need the release code to authorise the transfer.
As a matter of policy we will facilitate your transfer in a timely manner
