Changing a Domain Registrant
Dec 24, 2017 | 1:45 pm
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Almost every other registrar is far less expensive.
Dec 24, 2017 | 11:22 pm
#17
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Lots of good advice here. In our line of business, we often are taking over operations from other businesses, so we deal with this often.
#1 ) DO NOT let the domain expire.
#2 ) Call the official registrar directly. When in doubt, WhoIs.
#3 ) Expect them to require some sort of verification. Some registrars will require that they mail something to the postal address on file and you respond to it. Others will accept phone calls to registered numbers, followed by letters on letterhead with photos of driver's licenses.
#4 ) Typically this whole process takes ~3 weeks.
#1 ) DO NOT let the domain expire.
#2 ) Call the official registrar directly. When in doubt, WhoIs.
#3 ) Expect them to require some sort of verification. Some registrars will require that they mail something to the postal address on file and you respond to it. Others will accept phone calls to registered numbers, followed by letters on letterhead with photos of driver's licenses.
#4 ) Typically this whole process takes ~3 weeks.
Dec 27, 2017 | 11:50 pm
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Some (many) registrars will let third parties pay renewal fees; might be worth checking. I've been in the situation where an organization I was involved with lost access to a domain and the registrar they worked with just let them pay the renewal fees directly. (Getting access again after was pretty much the same PITA others have described, although I wasn't involved once the immediate "oh, sh*t it's going to expire" was over.)
Mar 21, 2018 | 1:37 pm
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Folks -- Thanks again for all your advice. I was able to contact the former admin individual who did provide her login and password. From there, it was pretty simple to change the account info over to me. I also registered the .com and .net domains for less that $25 total.
Mar 21, 2018 | 5:34 pm
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Folks -- Thanks again for all your advice. I was able to contact the former admin individual who did provide her login and password. From there, it was pretty simple to change the account info over to me. I also registered the .com and .net domains for less that $25 total.
Mar 26, 2018 | 3:48 pm
#22
Join Date: Mar 2018
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You can't transfer the domain as you're not the owner of it, only way is to backorder the domain using services like dropcatch and other, and when the domain will be expired their service will register it for you, then you can do whatever you want to do with that domain.