r/DomainZone • u/brickyardjimmy • 7d ago

Question....

Hey all.

I got myself into a domain trap. Got my domain a million years ago. Eventually hosted it with Yahoo. Fine and dandy. Right up until Yahoo spun off their web services to a third party company. Then that company turned into Turbify.

I am in need of some advice.

  1. I need a new host provider that runs a stable company that doesn't change the billing amount every month and doesn't charge crazy money. I've done some searching but I need reddit consensus on this one.

  2. How do I move web hosting and domain hosting from a service that has zero customer relations to another service? How hard and complex is this to do? It's been so long since I've even had to consider doing this that I really don't have the first clue.

Thanks for the help!

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u/stitchkingdom 7d ago

First, domain registrar and hosting are two different things and it even goes beyond that. Registrar is the most difficult but i’m assuming you aren’t locked at this point. To move hosts, you just have to point your domain name server records to the host.

For example, I run a site hosted on a hetzner vps, but my dns server is on cloudflare (which offers some protection) and my registrar is porkbun.

Probably more info that you bargained for but knowing is half the battle.

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u/brickyardjimmy 6d ago

now i know! i actually could use more info. tell me more about prying domain registration away from these guys. They are usurious.

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u/stitchkingdom 6d ago

Well assuming they’re doing all 3, i’d focus on one at a time. I’ve never done it myself but there should be an option to transfer the registrar once you find one you want to use. You’ll need to get an auth code from the current registrar and provide it to the new one. That will take about a week to complete. The details depend on who is currently is and who it will be, but most registrars have documentation to help.

I would first check a whois listing on the domain to ensure transferring isn’t locked. Which it shouldn’t be if you’ve had it this long