Domain Registrar Issues
It has always amazed me that registering a domain could be so easy at the time of registration and then such a pain in the ass after you have it registered and want to move it. I have friends that say the same thing about marriage, but that is another rant. Once a domain is into one registrar, it can be painful to move it. Let me explain this out for you all…..
For the most part, I register my domains with easyhosting.ca since it was the first place I ever registered a domain name. This led me to register more domains with them and then combine them into one place for easy administration. The problem lies in the past couple of months where they are having an issue with my IP address versus the country I am in registering the domain. It wasn’t working to register some domains that I wanted at the time, so I used another registrar company and registered one with wordpress.com.
The other company was not too bad, but the fact that they only deal through email at their convenience is a pain for me. Even the fact that the requests to change the DNS name servers wouldn’t work just made me mad. I waited exactly 61 days (60 is the minimum time) and am in the process of getting them over to easyhosting.ca to add them to my already huge domain account.
The wordpress.com domain is also being moved over, but I didn’t have a problem with them at all since I want the domain for a wordpress.com blog anyways. Just to keep it simple though, I moved it over to easyhosting as well so that all 11 of my domains are in one place to administer.
The process of moving from one registrar to another is really a pain in the ass though. If the domain is a .ca it is a little faster, but .net and .com domains require the AUTH code from the original registrar. Should be a simple thing, but when your registrar only returns messages when they get around to it, it can be a slow painful process when you want them moved ASAP.
So the conclusion? Register your domains in one place. If that means all with wordpress.com then do that. If it is all with a company like easyhosting.ca, do that. Really, just having them in one place with someone you know and trust is the best solution.
That can be said about more than domains as well.
Trent Adams
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Thanks for posting this advice. I have two domains currently and both are registered and hosted at the same place. Now that I’ve read your post I won’t be separating them.
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