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Domain
Name Transfer
What is a Domain Transfer ?
Every registered domain name is managed by a registrar that provides
customer support and related domain services. Depending on the registrar,
you will pay different prices, have different levels of customer
support, and access to various domain-related services. Customers
choose to transfer their existing domains to other registrars to
take advantage of lower prices and more enhanced services.
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What are the advantages of transferring my domain to
ip01.net ?
We will extend the domain expiry by One
year Free of charge if the transfer is successful. We
will also take care of the necessary DNS settings for your domain
and the subsequent domain renewal fees. As long as you have us host
your web site and renew your hosting account with us, you do not
have to worry about the domain renewal fees because we will renew
it for you for Free.
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Will transferring my domain name registration affect
my hosting ?
No. Although ip01.net offers robust hosting services, your hosting
provider can remain the same as it is during and after the transfer
process and your existing hosting service will not be affected by
transferring your domain.
The term "Domain Transfer" means to transfer your existing
domain name from your current registrar to our registrar.
Your web site will not go down during that period because you are
only requesting to change the registrar information, not the domain
name information.
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What
should I do if my domain has expired or is about to expire within
the next few days ?
To
make it simple, there are 3 options:-
1.
Renew the domain name at your previous provider (without hosting
services) and have the DNS server pointed to ip01 DNS servers. We
will then be able to host that domain name for you.
2.
Renew the domain name at previous provider (without hosting services)
and allow ip01 to transfer the domain. After the domain name has
transferred to ip01, you do not have to renew the domain for the
following years as long as you have the domain host with ip01. ip01
will renew the domain name for you without any charges every time
you renew your hosting account at ip01.
3.
Choose a new domain name and we will have it registered for you
for FREE.
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How
much will it cost me to transfer to ip01.net ?
The transfer itself is FREE
as long as you purchase any of our hosting package. As for now,
we only offer domain transfers for domain names with .com, .net
or .org extension. Domain transfers for other domain names (e.g.
.cc, .biz, .us, .info, .mx, .au, jp) are not supported but we are
still able to Host these domain names if you already have it registered.
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What
is the step-by-step process for transferring my domain to ip01?
Before
transferring your domain to our servers, you will first have to
be our customer. You can purchase a web hosting package from http://www.ip01.net/hosting_linux.html.
(1) In the account registration form, select the option for "Existing
Domain Name". Fill in your contact information, hosting package,
additional add-ons for your hosting package (if applicable), and
choice of username and password - then click the "Submit
Account Registration" button. After receiving your account
information by email, you may then email us at Transfer@ip01.net stating your intention
to the transfer your domain to ip01.
(2) You will then receive an email confirming the request &
notifying you of your transfer request.
Make sure you can receive emails sent to the email address in your
Admin Contact (in the domain name WHOIS information).
(3) After you approve the request via email, the transfer process
will begin.
The
current registrar has the ability to reject a domain name transfer
request in the following situations:
- There
is a dispute over the domain name
- The
domain name have expired
- There
is a pending bankruptcy of the domain name holder
- There
is a dispute over the identity of the domain name holder
- The
transfer request was initiated within the first 60 days of the
original registration date.
- The
email Address for the Admin Contact is Inactive, Invalid or Rejecting
the transfer.
- The
current registrar may also reject the transfer for no apparent
reason. If this is the case, please contact the current registrar
for an explanation.
(4)
Unless the current registrar rejects the request, the domain will
be transferred and We will extend the domain expiry by one
year Free of charge if the transfer is successful. Also,
we will take care of the DNS settings for your domain. As long as
you have us host your web site and renew your hosting account with
us, you do not have to worry about the domain renewal fees because
we will have it renewed for you for Free.
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How
long will it take for my domain name transfer to complete ?
Usually, transferring a domain name will take about two weeks to
complete.
Note that you need to email us at transfer@ip01.net
to request for a domain transfer even though you have already sign-up
for a hosting account with Ip01. We will start transferring the
domain for you after we receive your confirmation and we will inform
you when the transfer has been initiated.
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How can I check the status of my domain transfer ?
Please contact us at Transfer@ip01.net
to check for the status of your domain transfer.
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Will
my web site go down while I am in the midst of transferring my domain
?
No,
your web site will not go down during the domain transfer if you
do the following before you transfer the domain name:
1.
Upload your web pages into your new account with ip01.
2. Request for a DNS update for your domain with your current domain
registrar. You may need to email the provider whom previously helped
you to register the domain name and inform them to make the necessary
updates or you may do it yourself. Changes to the DNS will take
up to 48 hours to take effect.
During this propagation period you will have two web sites live
on the Internet and your visitors will go to one or the other.
After you have changed the DNS servers for your domain, you may
then decide to have the domain transferred to us. There will be
no downtime.
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How
do I change the DNS servers for my domain name ?
You
have 2 options, please choose one:
A) Email your current web host/domain registrar and ask them to
change the DNS server information for your domain to our DNS servers.
In this way, every year you will need to renew the domain name registration
with them.
B)
Transfer the domain name to ip01's Appointed domain name Registrar.
This will extend your domain name expiry by one year. In order for
this to be done, you will need to inform us of the transfer at least
3 weeks before your current domain name expires and we will process
the transfer for you. In this way, you will renew the domain name
registration with us every year.
A Domain Registrar transfer would take a minimum two weeks and up
to one month to complete. Due to the complex procedures and the
fact that it involves many different parties, there is no guarantee
that a registrar transfer will be successful. You should update
the DNS servers and have it point to our DNS servers then only decide
to have the domain transfer to us.
The current registrar will send an email to the current administrative
contact of the domain name and he will need to reply to the email
to authorize the transfer. The transfer cannot take place if the
current administrative contact does not reply to the email or if
the administrative email address is not valid.
If
you choose option B, please email to Transfers@ip01.net
to request for a domain name transfer. Do note that you will no
longer be entitled to a Free domain name
if you choose to transfer your domain name to ip01's Appointed domain
name Registrar (your existing domain name will be renewed for Free
instead).
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If
I have an existing domain name and the account is being hosted by
another web-host, will you allow me to redirect my existing domain
name to my new account with you ?
Yes,
you will be able to host your existing domain name with any of our
web hosting plans. In order for us to be able to host your website,
you could either:
1)
change the DNS servers for your domain name to our DNS servers.
-- or --
2)
transfer the domain name to our domain registrar where we will maintain
your domain name DNS servers for you. Your domain name expiry will
also be extended by one year if the domain name transfer is successful.
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