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| Domain Registration |
The IP address is nothing but the mail server
location that receives the sub domain or the domain messages besides elements
of obscure nature like a signature of cryptographic type that helps in
confirming who exactly the domain’s rightful owner is. The domain name can be
hosted and registered both.
Registering
Of a Domain
The middleman is the registrar who allows you to
put in request for the name on the domain and accordingly interacts for a TLD
or the top level domain or the TLD with a central registry. This also helps in
ensuring that the registration is not done twice in the same name. A fee has to be paid initially for domain registration.
While a part of the fee goes to the central
authority of the TLD, a part of it also goes to the international body that
manages names of domains called the ICANN. On registration of domain name it is
then hosted at DNS name servers which may be one or two in number.
Reasons
for the Transfer
There are certain people who may register with a
particular firm, have the DNS hosted with another, have the mail located at
another firm and have the website put an another place wherein, all are
independently operational.
However handling of all this is done by one
single firm. A domain transfer will be necessary since web hosting, domain
registration and hosting, email hosting etc have to be dealt with and you will
need to ensure where each of the functions is being handled.
New
Service for Hosting
If a website or the email has to be moved along
with domain hosting then a complete new service for hosting will be needed
which is set up at a new location. This will help in eliminating or reducing
any kind of interruption in visitor handling or receiving emails at the site.
For moving email, at the new host all the accounts will need to be recreated
again. If needed you could have a single account too. In the case of moving the
website to another location, the process is quite easy.
If in case special configurations, other programs
or scripts are needed then ensure that the new host is able to handle them.
Besides this you will need to also set aside time to test this. As compared to
changes in mail servers, the switchover of website is easier. Visitors are not
lost in between since they get the new or the old site.
When
to Make the Changes
If at all any changes are required then they need
to be best made before moving the registration and hosting of domain names.
This can be done since you are in proper control of the DNS records as well as
the registration. On setting up of the new account, the listed DNS servers can
be accordingly changed much before the registrars are swapped. The next thing
is switching over for registration and hosting.
It is a bit of a hassle trying to switch the
registrar for the domain name because of the checks conducted against transfers
that are fraudulent. Remember that the transfer cannot be done within the first
two months. The private registration is to be removed, the domain name
unlocked, a request for authorization code is to be made for the domain transfer.
