So you can easily transfer your web domain to another provider

Nowadays, many users and businesses find it necessary to transfer their provider's web domain, either for technical reasons, price reasons, or simply because they want to try another provider. Today in RedesZone we are going to explain in detail the steps to follow if you want to transfer your web domain to another company, so that you will not encounter any problems during the migration.

It is very common that when we rent web hosting with the provider that we liked the most, they offer us and they are the ones who are responsible for selling you the web domain i.e. the name of your finished website or store, in .com, .es, etc. If you buy it through your supplier, they will offer you storage space to host the website or online store.

However, what many users think is that by contracting our website name with the provider that stores the website, we have to be with them and we cannot change the domain provider. We need to differentiate which provider can offer us web hosting and domain. However, these are two different products and it is not necessary to have both from the same supplier.

For example, if you are not satisfied with your web host, you can turn to another company that offers you another type of web hosting offer. And the same thing happens with the domain provider.

Reasons to change the provider's web domain

When we go to a web host, normally almost all users are mainly looking at which offer they have available and which is the cheapest. Typically, almost all web hosts give you the domain for the first year. You have to remember that you can rent web hosting and domain from different providers. However, many users tell us that they want to switch providers for one of the following reasons:

• High price : Many times users take advantage of offers, such as giving you the domain for the first year, however, when the next year arrives, the renewal price skyrockets a lot.
• Characteristics : Another thing that usually happens is that with the growth of traffic to our website or store, the features offered by the provider are no longer worth our money, and taking better ones is sometimes very expensive and they are not. not even available from this supplier.
• Support technical : It is rare, but it Sometimes we have a technical problem and the provider does not respond as we want.
• Safety : It may be that the security of the provider we have contracted is lacking and we need better.
• Slow : Sometimes cheap deals can be fine for small websites, but when they grow we depend on servers that can deliver optimal performance to our web traffic.

All of these reasons, some for domain and some for web hosting, lead users to opt for other types of providers that offer web hosting and domain hosting together or separately.

To change or not to change

Many of the aforementioned reasons can be resolved without having to change providers. Simply by choosing the most suitable plan, improving the performance of our website or online store, or accepting a better offer. However, if you are already fed up with your current supplier, we recommend that you look to different suppliers, and most importantly, read the fine print of the offers.

You are probably now wondering if it is better to have everything together or better to have everything separately. The answer to this question is that, it depends, if you get an offer for everything together, take advantage, however, if it is better for you to have everything separated, you can do that as well. In fact, the main difference is if one of the two services fails, hosting, domain, if you have it in different companies, you will have to complain to the company that offers you that service. On the other hand, if it is the same, you only have to claim the same company.

Who is responsible for transferring a domain

The companies responsible for registering a domain, better known by its acronym NIC, which stands for "network information center" are responsible for creating, deleting, modifying and transferring any change of domain. They are responsible for managing top-level domains called TLDs.

In order to manage a domain transfer, the first thing we need to do is contact the company from which we have contracted the domain. Once we have contacted them, they (the company where we rented the domain) will send our request to the person in charge of domain transfers to complete the process.

However, if we want to avoid having to go to our domain provider, we can do the procedure ourselves directly, without relying on any intermediary. For this, we advise you to go to the official site in Spain to read all the information about it.

Domains

When we enter the official website with information on everything related to domains, we need to select the transfer option from the left menu. There we will find a complete list of registrars, which are all official agents who in Spain can register, modify, delete a domain. You can see the list in the link following .

You are probably wondering why my supplier is not on this list. And the answer is, many website providers are just domain resellers. Their function is to sell the domain to you and then transfer your data to the registrars. This is why we tell you that the hosting and the domain are independent.

Back on the transfer site, if we want to give up the management to be done by a registrar, we can manage our domain ourselves as long as it is for very specific situations that do not appear on the site which settles the whole question of the domain. . . You can read more about this in the link following , where you can register to manage your domain.

How is the domain transferred

If you have chosen to have the domain change handled by your current or new provider, you should consider the following questions, which are the same regardless of who manages the change.

1. Make a backup : The first thing we should always do before any kind of change is to make a backup copy of all data, including files, images, databases, etc. Above all, keep it on your computer, because if you keep it at the supplier itself, it would not do us any good.
2. Domain Status : It is very important that the status of the domain is active, that is to say that it is not blocked. If for some reason your domain is investigated for some type of violation or for any other reason, you will not be able to transfer the domain.
3. Domain data : It is very important that registrar data is public and not hidden or ID protected. This usually happens if we outsource the domain through a company to hide our data and it is not public.
4. Owner data : The data of the owner must be correct, that is, the data with which we register the domain must be up to date or correct, because before they can make the transfer they will contact the data that appears in the domain registration to give your modification authorization.
5. Domain not expired : Although it seems obvious, it is important that we make sure that the domain is not expired, that is, when we contract a domain, it is valid for a certain time, that we have to renew and pay. If it is expired, the change cannot be made.
6. Obtain the authorization code : Better known as AuthInfo Code, it will help us transfer a domain from one provider to another. For this, it is mandatory that we have in our possession the AuthInfo Code, which is the domain password. This code must be provided to us by the outgoing domain provider, i.e. our old provider or the domain registrar. This is not necessary for .es domains.
7. Dominios.es : Este tipo de dominios no necesita el código de autorización AuthInfo Code, there is only, para llevar el cambio, the persona que figura como responsible del dominio, envied desde el correo electronic que figura una autorización expresa para realizar el change.
8. Obtain a new supplier : Although you can contract the services of a new provider before obtaining the AuthInfo code, it is recommended that you wait until you have the authorization code in your possession. The reason is that once you sign up, to import to the new domain provider, your current domain will ask for the AuthInfo code, and if you don't have it, you will delay the entire change.

Finally, if you had a problem with the transfer, you can always recover the backup copies that we have previously indicated that you are advised to do.

Email

A very important problem, and I tell you from my own experience, is that when you change your email provider or, as in this case, your domain provider, you have to change the MX records that point from the mail server to your new provider. In addition, we advise you to make a backup copy of your email in case of problem.

But you can rest assured, because normally your email provider's technical support will be able to help you modify MX records.

What are the stages and deadlines in summary

When we request the transfer or transfer, the steps to follow are summarized:

1. Request the AuthCode from the current provider or send an email authorizing the change if it's a .es domain from the email address that appears in the registry.
2. Once the domain transfer is accepted after five days, the process will be complete.

In principle, the transfer should not affect operation, except to email as we mentioned above.

Domains less than 60 days

A very important issue is that domains with less than 60 days since we registered them cannot be transferred because they are in a blocked state. This is due to mandatory regulations imposed by ICANN.

Conclusion

As we have seen, changing the domain provider turns out to be very easy as long as we fulfill all the requirements that they ask of us, that is to say that the domain is not blocked or expired. Have the AuthCode or send an email in the case of .es domains. The easiest way is to manage everything through the new domain provider that we are hiring, because we will only have to provide the data that we mentioned before and in five days everything will be changed and you will only have to change the mx records the e-mail.

Our advice from RedesZone is that you read the fine print very well when hiring the new domain provider. If you have any questions, leave them in the comments.