Moving a domain

[jellied]

I registered a domain a few years back but never did much with it other than pay for the name and stick an index page up.

About 2 years the hosting firm went belly up and organised a transfer to another company.

I foolishly did not do much about it other than pay the subs. again in 2008.

Anyway today I thought I'd sort it out but the new firm looks a tad dodgy

http://www.redfurredbear.com/webstatic.php

Looks like a one man band, and describes itself as the best small scale adult website hoster.

The site is still registed to me using WHOIS which is good - how does one go about "moving it" ? I don't actually need to move any pages, just simply rehost the domain.

In 2008 the sub.s went to the original hosting company, which might make it tricky to move it I suspect. But I am clueless in this regard.

[Adam]

Any alternative hosting firm you go to will all have the facility to transfer a domain to themselves.  I've used uk2.net and oneandone and have moved domains around very easily.

They all tend to have a domain name checker, where you enter your domain name, and they should have an option for you to say you already own it, and want to move it.

It's just a question of deciding which new firm to go to.

[jellied]

Ah - how on earth did I post it GPS? I'll ask those that know to move it.

One.com Web hosting  -  Domain • Hosting • E-mail   look rather good - cheaper than freeola etc at the moment

approx £12 a year which is cheaper than i'm paying now.

[inc]

- how does one go about "moving it" ? I don't actually need to move any pages, just simply rehost the domain.

I have been with this lot a few years, they seem to get good reports Transfer Domain Name. Heart Internet

[jellied]

Cheers everyone - and thanks to the movers.

Heart Internet look good, I guess it all depends who is flavour of the month, they all seem very similar

[drossall]

You don't actually have to have the domain registration with your hosting company. The registration just gives you the right to control the domain. It can be hosted anywhere.

[jellied]

Tried today to transfer it. Getting complicated now.....

Heartinternet gets a right-royal-pasting on various sites. When I tried to transfer it their site says it's hosted by FASTHOSTS, then some mention about getting them to tag the site with HEARTINTERNET. So I thought I'd try them direct, first thing to be asked by FASTHOSTS is a user-id which I don't have, tried a support email but it bounces back ask for member id in the subject, phone just rings. I'll try Monday rather Saturday afternoon. 

[Jaded]

If you need someone with a Fasthosts hosting account, PM me.