Advice on best way to transfer ownership of a website to reduce downtime

[Deleted member 66661]

Hi

I was wondering if you buy a site off someone what is the best way to transfer the site and domain to reduce the downtime e.g. with nameserver propagation.

Do you:
Copy the site files onto your server.

Errr...now what do you do about the DNS and nameservers ? Which order.

Thanks for any help / advice.

 

[Bender]

well, I normally copy the site to the new server, and test it.
If everything is ok, the DNS will be changed.
The downtime is minimal.(a few hours max)

 

[Deleted member 66661]

Is there any downtime involved when transferring domain names between registrars ?

 

[SouthernTn]

Lately, when I change the dns of a domain name it starts tracking within a couple of minutes.. like 20 - 30 .. Sometimes an hour

 

[RTM.net]

If you have a decent amount of control over your DNS records, before beginning your move, change your TTL (time to live) down to a low setting such as 10s instead of 1800s... then when you change the target servers in your DNS records, they will refresh faster...

Rob

 

[dcristo]

Hi

I was wondering if you buy a site off someone what is the best way to transfer the site and domain to reduce the downtime e.g. with nameserver propagation.

Do you:
Copy the site files onto your server.

Errr...now what do you do about the DNS and nameservers ? Which order.

Thanks for any help / advice.

Leave the existing site on the old servers during the move, and you should experience very little to no downtime at all.