Changing Domain Registrars (and avoiding downtime)
0 Comments Published by boris February 25th, 2009 in technology, web developmentYahoo small business domains recently increased their yearly domain renewal fees to $30 (as compared to $7 for some others)
I needed to transfer several production domains from yahoo to godaddy and avoid downtime. Domain transfers are notoriously lengthy and painful; domain unlocking, transfer initiation, secret codes, and waiting, waiting, and more waiting.
Here’s a little tip to avoid downtime:
When you are transferring your domain, select to keep the existing DNS servers. This means that you don’t need to worry about re-configuring the DNS entries right away. First, your transfer will take place, and then, when you are good and ready you can change the name servers to godaddy (or your new registrar), and add all the appropriate entries in one sitting.