Hello,
I have been using a domain name for my developed website for last 8 years. The name was registered with rather an obscure registrar. Today I received an email from this registrar:
"We have cancelled our accreditation with ICANN on 5th Apr 2018 and will now continue to provide our services through PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com. All domain names under us have now been transferred over to PDR LTD. Please review Registrar PDR’s Terms of Service at https://publicdomainregistry.com/legal/ . If you do not agree to these terms, you may transfer your domain name to another Registrar."
I have never transferred a name before but now I want to transfer this domain to either GoDaddy or Namesilo. My biggest issue with transfer is the possible downtime associated with it.
Is it possible to carry over DNS settings to a new registrar without any downtime? I am mainly talking here about A Records, CNAME Records and TXT Records. How long does a typical transfer process take?
The domain name is extremely valuable to me and I don't trust current registrar or PDR, so I want to transfer out.
Update: Just called the current registrar support executive and he is saying that they have only changed the registry and It will not affect my domains. But at the same time they are specifically telling me that they are not accredited with ICANN anymore and using PDR now. What does that mean?
When I asked them if they are a reseller now, they are denying it. They just keep telling me that they have moved their backend from ICANN to PDR without any explanation. Am I missing something here? What does moving from ICANN to PDR means?
I have been using a domain name for my developed website for last 8 years. The name was registered with rather an obscure registrar. Today I received an email from this registrar:
"We have cancelled our accreditation with ICANN on 5th Apr 2018 and will now continue to provide our services through PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com. All domain names under us have now been transferred over to PDR LTD. Please review Registrar PDR’s Terms of Service at https://publicdomainregistry.com/legal/ . If you do not agree to these terms, you may transfer your domain name to another Registrar."
I have never transferred a name before but now I want to transfer this domain to either GoDaddy or Namesilo. My biggest issue with transfer is the possible downtime associated with it.
Is it possible to carry over DNS settings to a new registrar without any downtime? I am mainly talking here about A Records, CNAME Records and TXT Records. How long does a typical transfer process take?
The domain name is extremely valuable to me and I don't trust current registrar or PDR, so I want to transfer out.
Update: Just called the current registrar support executive and he is saying that they have only changed the registry and It will not affect my domains. But at the same time they are specifically telling me that they are not accredited with ICANN anymore and using PDR now. What does that mean?
When I asked them if they are a reseller now, they are denying it. They just keep telling me that they have moved their backend from ICANN to PDR without any explanation. Am I missing something here? What does moving from ICANN to PDR means?
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