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The internet is a rapidly growing medium, which means that anyone intending to move a web site from one provider to another should allow plenty of time.

"Two to three weeks at least," advised Andreas Maurer, of web site domain registration company Schlund and Partner in Karlsruhe, Germany.

"It's also advisable to plan in a period where you will be reachable through both providers," says Klaus Herzig of Denic.

Herzig's company also administers domains. This allows for the web presence to be set up without time pressure. Maurer notes that all of the formalities must be handled in the correct order to keep the process flowing along.

"It is important to understand the cancellation policy and to remove any potential hurdles like unpaid bills," says Carsten Zorger from the domain provider Strato.

A website operator should also check that the address data held by the old provider and by the registration office are current.

For many web pages, "this is done with a simple 'who is' at sites like whois.com," Maurer explains. If the search turns up an incorrect address, it can only be corrected through the previous provider.



"This point is important - incorrect address data is the most common reason for a troublesome domain move."

The next step is the actual cancellation of the domain and the accompanying hosting contract with the old provider. The user should point out that there will be a move to another provider.

"This notice of cancellation most always be in writing, either faxed or through the post, and must include the signature of the domain holder," Maurer says.

Only once this is complete will the new provider be informed that it can take over the administration of the address.

"The new provider must check that the switchover has been initiated from the actual domain holder or his administrative partner (admin-c) and not through some uninvolved third party," says Herzig from Denic.

This procedure is known as a Change of Provider (CHPROV). Once undertaken, the domain switch is in full swing.
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If the new provider contacts the old provider about the move via Denic, another set of abbreviations come into play. Once an "ack" is in hand, it's green lights all around. The "acknowledged" is handed out by the registrar to Denic to agree to the handing over of the domain, Zorger explains.

At that point it is Denic's task to release the domain for the move.

"From a technical standpoint, the nameserver entry for both old and new provider and the registration point must be changed so that incoming internet requests to the domain in question can be sent on to the correct server," Maurer explains.

If a "nack," or "not acknowledged," comes back, the matter is more complicated. It means that the old registry either is not aware of the intent to move or that some other error has broken off the procedure.

"When in doubt, the provider of the Denic member must attempt to make contact with the domain holder to ask for explanation," Herzig says.

This relatively complicated process has been developed to prevent third parties using fake domain change requests to take possession of web addresses to which they are not entitled.

One other layer of complication is found if a provider of internet names is not also a registrar, meaning that they cannot administer domains. The actually registering with Denic takes place through yet another firm working in cooperation with the provider.

Special rules apply to so-called CNO domains with endings like ."com," ."net" or ."org." These are not administered by national organisations like Denic. The best policy here is to ask your provider or registrar for information.
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For ."info" and ."org" domains, the user must also indicate the so-called "auth code" to the new provider.

"This is a kind of password for the domain that is stored with the provider at the time of the initial registration," Maurer elucidates.

Problems during the move related to a site's accessibility are often related to agreements made between the two providers.

Herzig advises against letting a domain be deleted by the old provider, with the idea of having the new provider register for it.

"This is a bad move because when a domain has been deleted with us, it is then available for anyone to claim," he says.

It can happen that during this brief window someone else snaps up the domain.

"The standardised process prevents this. While underway, the domain remains uninterruptedly in the possession of the owner," Herzig says.

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Riceman

What is the purpose of the post?

odditysoftware

two really, the first is that there may be a few things that some people didn't know, the second is that there seems to be quite a few understated, and overstated details that may be do to the 'geographics' of the news source: http://www.smh.com.au

Raf

Thanks for sharing the little article with us odditysoftware.

CoolGuy

I always go with quality hosts so that switching is easy.

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odditysoftware

yeah, thats what i'm saying, are all the austraillian hosts that complicated ?

identity_00

The letter seems very complicated and over texted.
To switch to a new host all you have to do is the login
change the domain DNS.

RareIQ

well.............................I'll be..........................

Anthony

I've heard of people having problems with transferring domains, but the big registrars seem to have built in easy-to-transfer access into their services...

DownUnder

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Andreas Maurer, of web site domain registration company Schlund and Partner in Karlsruhe, Germany.

Not an Australian host..... They're German - seems to be an article in an Aussie paper though... Some lazy journalist cutting and pasting something they obviously know nothing about....

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