Buying Domain Info.

[DeCal]

Could someone please help me out?

If i wanted to buy a domain off my friend or anyone else, how would i go about getting it transfered into my name?

Thanks All


Dean

[stuff]

Transfer it to Your name?
Where is the domain registered? Wich registrar?

[DeCal]

I use ukreg.com and it was registered on beepdomains.co.uk? I'm new-ish to the domain game.!

Thanks

Dean

[system0]

more than likely youll have to pay a transfer fee and with uk registers they tend to be £20 to £30

[DeCal]

That doesn't seem fair really, is there no other way around it? What if i buy my own server, i have around 40 names so far so would that save me any money? I realise servers are about £500 a year?

Dean

[DomainPairs]

Hosting has got nothing to do with owning domains. I put a bit about buying domains on my site http://www.domainpairs.com and this may help you. I wrote it about a year ago, so maybe I should update it soon.

You need to separate .co.uk domains from international domains (.com etc). For international domains, I think you should use registrars like On Line NIC - cost should be around $7-$8 per domain per year and no transfer charges.

Some hosting companies link domains to other services and charge a transfer fee if they lose the income from these services.

For example I have a "free" domain with freenetnames, but if I want to move it from them, I need to pay £95. To use the domain. I need to use a dial up service via their ISP subsidiary.

£500 a year sounds a lot for hosting. You can get virtual hosting for around £10 per year. You can also alias multiple domains to this one site. It depends on your bandwidth/storage requirements. I also have a muti- site hosting account where I pay $26 per month for 50 GB of bandwidth.