Hello, I'm now scheduled to be taking over someone's domain name and hosting.
The hosting will be transferred from Zen to Vidahost and the domain name to be internal transferred to my 123 reg account and then the owners details changed to mine. The domain is a .co.uk
I just wanted to know what's the best process for all of this to happen very smoothly with minimal disruption.
Domain name:
The bit am more confused about is the domain name transfer. It will be done internally through 123 reg, which is easy enough.
1) Will all the settings remain after the internal transfer or will I have to re-set those up?
2) What about changing domain details such as name of owner and address? Is that best done before the internal transfer or after? I'm aware a fee is involved via Nominet and that's fine, but does the current owner have to sign something?
3) Once everything is setup and that included the new webhost all I have to do is pretty much change the nameservers to point to Vidahost.
Hosting:
The current hosting is with Zen and I want to transfer it from his Zen account to Vidahost account.
1) Is it possible that I can purchase hosthing account right now under the domain name I want it to be, and setup all the email accounts, but remain inactive till the nameservers are changed and pointing to vidahosts?
I try and explain better.
If the website and everything still associated with Zen web hosthing could I still use that domain at the checkout of Vidahost when buying the package, or do I have to buy it without any associated domain name?
The hosting will be transferred from Zen to Vidahost and the domain name to be internal transferred to my 123 reg account and then the owners details changed to mine. The domain is a .co.uk
I just wanted to know what's the best process for all of this to happen very smoothly with minimal disruption.
Domain name:
The bit am more confused about is the domain name transfer. It will be done internally through 123 reg, which is easy enough.
1) Will all the settings remain after the internal transfer or will I have to re-set those up?
2) What about changing domain details such as name of owner and address? Is that best done before the internal transfer or after? I'm aware a fee is involved via Nominet and that's fine, but does the current owner have to sign something?
3) Once everything is setup and that included the new webhost all I have to do is pretty much change the nameservers to point to Vidahost.
Hosting:
The current hosting is with Zen and I want to transfer it from his Zen account to Vidahost account.
1) Is it possible that I can purchase hosthing account right now under the domain name I want it to be, and setup all the email accounts, but remain inactive till the nameservers are changed and pointing to vidahosts?
I try and explain better.
If the website and everything still associated with Zen web hosthing could I still use that domain at the checkout of Vidahost when buying the package, or do I have to buy it without any associated domain name?