RE: FN-FORUM: Domain transfer question

date posted 2nd January 2007 10:01

Michelle Penny wrote:

> Before I launch into my question, I just want to say Happy
> New Year!!=20

+1
=20
> Now question time.... I have just come back from my few days
> off to discover a client has sold his website to a new
> person. The new owner now wants the domains transferred over
> to him - there is a .co.uk and .com for the site. He is
> suggesting a nominet transfer, however I right
> in thinking this could be done without the Nominet fee if I
> just got the owner to sign up to 123reg (where I bought the=20
> .co.uk) and then I could transfer it over to him and do the=20
> same for the .com from godaddy?=20

Unfortunately, if you want to change the owner of a .co.uk domain you =
have
to submit the Nominet forms. It's only =A310+VAT so not a major issue. =
It
doesn't matter who the registrar is.

Full details here:

http://www.nominet.org.uk/registrants/maintain/transfer/

The .com can be done online with a straight transfer. If the new owner =
has a
new registrar, you'll need to unlock the domain and also find the
authorisation code from the current registrar to release and update it.
There are usually no costs involved in this part of the process.

HTH

Edward