Re: Transferring domain names

Hi Geoff,

A domain name and hosting are two separate things. The domain name 
(should) always belong to you, never the hosting company which is 
unfortunately an all-too-common practice.

As the owner of the domain you can then configure the domain to tell 
others where the DNS server for your domain reside. These servers then 
can answer any queries for your domain and direct browsers etc. to 
specific servers - e.g. where your website resides.

You have to pay for a domain in advance - e.g. register it for one month 
to 5 years (maybe more). When it expires in New Zealand it goes into a 
"Pending Release" state so that you can re-register it if you 
accidentally forgot to register it, then it's released for public 
registration.

For international domains (e.g. .com's) they release as soon as they 
expire I believe so you have to be on top of them. Usually registrars 
like GoDaddy will bug you heaps via email if you are intending to let it 
expire.

For .NZ domains to transfer them the owner of the domain is sent a UDAI 
code - this code (usually six letters long) is a code that can be used 
to transfer management - but never ownership - of a domain from one 
registrar to another. Once a new registrar manages your domain the old 
registrar will no long send you invoices for renewing the domain.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

- Bob -

On 24/02/16 16:07, Geoff Barkman wrote:
>
> Hi there
> What happens to a domain name then you transfer hosting?
> Does the expiry date if you have paid in advance continue or do you 
> loose any credit you might have on your domain? And have to start 
> paying firm scratch again..
> Many thanks
> Geoff
>
>
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