Need advice on domain management and transfer

Matt Minuti matt.minuti at gmail.com
Fri Aug 11 09:25:33 EDT 2017


$1.51/mo for a static site? Might want to check out NearlyFreeSpeech.net -
I pay pennies for static, and around $0.50/mo for my ttrss instance (php,
MySQL, cron jobs).

They've been good about domain registration, too, if a bit lacking in
suffixes.

On Thu, Aug 10, 2017, 8:39 AM Dan Garthwaite <dan at garthwaite.org> wrote:

> 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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