Need advice on domain management and transfer

Dan Garthwaite dan at garthwaite.org
Thu Aug 10 08:37:54 EDT 2017


I switched to AWS.
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/registrar.html

$12/yr and and their business model isn't based on domain registration
gimicks.  I also opted for the 50cent/mo DNS hosting.

Comes out to about $1.51/mo to host a static website on S3, all inclusive.

  -dan


On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 9:30 PM, Bruce Dawson (Simon) <jbd at codemeta.com>
wrote:

> I would move away from register.com - they're not very responsive or
> understanding of small domain holders.
>
> I use OpenSRS at tucows.com, and I find them inexpensive, non-invasive,
> and they give one the ability to get in the "domain business" (which
> means they have a storefront you can use to let your "friends"
> manage/pay for their own domains.
>
> --Bruce
>
>
> On 08/09/2017 12:57 PM, Tyson Sawyer wrote:
> > I hold a couple of domains.  One is my own that I registered in '96
> > and the other belongs to a friend.  The "other" I registered for him
> > in '01 to help his small race engineering business.  I have few
> > issues.  Well, a few to discuss here, I won't bring up working with
> > Bobby Casey at this time... ;-)
> >
> > - We'd like to transfer the 2nd domain to be owned by my friend
> > - They are both registered with register.com.  Is that not the cool
> > thing these days?
> > - They ended up under two different accounts that I hold at
> > register.com with some messed up naming.
> >
> > The domains are j3.org (mine, Bill Sconce would have understood the
> > reference) and smallfortuneracing.com (my friend's).
> >
> > I'm asking for advice in part because I don't want to make any
> > mistakes and lose control of the domains.
> >
> > - Who should my friend register with, if not register.com?
> > - What are the steps to do the transfer?
> >
> > - Should I move my domain to a different registrar and if so, to whom?
> > - If not, is there a way to change or delete the "Registrant
> > Organization" and username of the account?
> >
> > I guess I should also ask about appropriate Tech contacts.  The person
> > I have listed at one time hosted the web site on both, is still in my
> > contacts list and could call, but someone I haven't contacted in
> > years.  Is it reasonable list myself for Registrant, Admin and Tech?
> >
> > Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Ty
> >
>
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