Easy Transfer: Step By Step Instructions To Transfer Your Domain

Step One:

SIGN UP NOW using our online order form. We will provide you with an IP address so you can start uploading your website immediately. We will send you a "Welcome" email message. Wait for this email and when you get it, print it out and save it. It contains important information you need for the next step.

Step Two:

When you get your "Welcome" email, it will contain the NameServer information for your website. The information will look like the sample below:

Sample NameServers:

If you don't know how to change your NameServers (or don't even know what NameServer is) click here for our help page.

If you know how to change your NameServers yourself then contact your domain name registrar (Network Solutions, Register.com, etc.) and request to change your DNS information.  You may be able to edit your own record at the registrar's website. You can call Network Solutions on their toll-free number and have a technician help you with the transfer. They are available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.

Note:  Depending on your registrar, be sure to complete the change process by responding to the change request emails from your registrar.

That's it! As soon as your registrar completes the transfer, usually 1 to 7 days, you may close your former web hosting account.

If you need assistance, then call us at 1-818-985-4901 and a Studio 1 Design and Hosting representative will assist you.

Please note: To insure no downtime to your website, Do Not cancel your current web hosting account until 7 days after your registrar has pointed your domain towards our servers. Also, for uninterrupted email, please setup the same POP3 accounts that you have with your current provider to ensure that your email service continues uninterrupted.

Step Three:

When you sign up for a new account at Studio 1 Design and Hosting, you will get one free domain name registration included in the price of the account. If you simply change your domain name record to point to your new account, you will not yet have changed registrars. You must do this third step if you want to take advantage of this offer, otherwise your domain name record will still be maintained by the existing registrar and you will continue to be billed by them to keep your domain name from expiring.

Click here for instructions on how to change registrars.

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