.Com.au Ownership/Registratar Transfer Question?

[Truthman]

Hi,

I am planning to buy a .COM.AU domain from somebody who has it registered at melbournit.com.au

I just rang melbourneit.com.au and asked them how much it costs to transfer ownership if I keep the domain with them, and they said it would be AUD$339, which includes an extra 2 years of registration.

Anyway, I was wondering if I could somehow transfer ownership of the domain in conjunction with a registrar transfer? I want to have the domain at a cheaper registrar any way.

Does anybody have any experience in how to handle the transfers (ownership and registrar) the most economically?

Also, any registrars you suggest for doing this? I used name.com.au recently to register a domain for a client, which worked ok, but not sure how they would handle something more complicated like a registrar/ownership transfer.

Thanks in advance

 

[netfleet]

You need to get the existing registrant to change the registrar before selling it to you.

This is free and relatively painless & you'll find a registrar who can do it for a lot cheaper

I hope the seller is reasonable.. they should be if you explain.

Hope this helps...

 

[Truthman]

You need to get the existing registrant to change the registrar before selling it to you.

This is free and relatively painless.

I'd suggest intaserve.com.au - they will do exactly the same, transfer & 2 new years of rego for $50 all up (mention Netfleet if they try & charge the $179 rack rate )

I hope the seller is reasonable.. they should be if you explain.

Hope this helps...

Thanks!!
Yeah, according to the Intraserve transfer agreement:
http://www.intaserve.com/pdf/registrantnamechange.f.pdf
It is $179

But if I can get it for $50 for that would be great!

Cheers

 

[kev]

Is .com.au restriction free now - remember reading somewhere the rules had been relaxed?

 

[snoopinc]

You still need a ABN/ACN to register a .com.au domain.

 

[soggyindo]

namehugger has intaserve's price at $27.95 for two years - not bad!

i've been using quost at $36.38 for two years, might be worth changing camps...

 

[zero_haze_au]

You need to get the existing registrant to change the registrar before selling it to you.

Are you sure about that?

I had one domain with intaserve which i sold to another person. I simply gave them my domain key and they than registered/transferred the domain to their own registrar.

I recieved the email which i confirmed the transfer and that was it. Its now under their name.

I also was never charged the $179 fee.

I saw that fee though not sure how they could charge that anyway, as it is the buyer who initates the transfer ???

 

[netfleet]

Are you sure about that?

I had one domain with intaserve which i sold to another person. I simply gave them my domain key and they than registered/transferred the domain to their own registrar.

I recieved the email which i confirmed the transfer and that was it. Its now under their name.

I also was never charged the $179 fee.

I saw that fee though not sure how they could charge that anyway, as it is the buyer who initates the transfer ???

No I'm not 100% certain so based on your experience it sounds as if you can initiate both transfers at the same time (registrant and registrar). Thanks for clarifying and for the good news!

Still find the fees a tough pill to swallow and it really stifles trading at the lower end of the marlet. However in the defence of the registrars, they do have to do more than a .com transfer for example (there are reporting requirements to auDA plus unique elligibility issues) and I guess it is a new system so as their processes improve the fees will drop drastically.

Thanks again..