Are you fed up managing multiple accounts? If you transfer a domain name or all your domain names to one hosting company you'll be relieved from performing this task. When you register a domain, some information is provided to you by your domain name company.

If such information is overlooked, you might find yourself asking, "Yuck, where is my account password and code!" You really don't want this to happen.

It takes more than sixty days from the date of initial domain name registration to transfer a domain name. Before this period is over, your registrar company locks that domain name.

Information To Transfer a Domain Name

Once this period is over you can now transfer a domain name, but if you can't remember your account user name, password and the code that the registrar company gave you, then the transfer may not take place.

It is so important to remember this information when you want to transfer a domain name and if you can't remember it, then contact your registrar company through the phone or email. Thereafter your domain name registrar company will retrieve it for you.

There are people who have registered several domains with different registrars. When the sixty days are over for each domain name, they'll want to transfer them to one Registrar Company. This is because it gives them an easy time of managing a single account unlike managing several domain name accounts with different registrars.

Are you one of these people who are having multiple domain names scattered? Transferring these domain names to a single registrar company may turn to be a costly service. So take your time to search for a reliable, not very costly and accredited registrars before you transfer a domain name.

There are some registrars companies that let people transfer a domain name free of cost but charge a slightly higher domain name renewal fee while others will charge transfer service fee giving reasonable discounts. Which one do you prefer? Well, the answer is upon you to decide!

Three Things Before You Transfer a Domain Name:

Before you transfer a domain name you need to ensure:

1. That the email address of the administrator is correct.
2. Your domain should not be locked.
3. To enter the correct authorization code for each domain name you want to transfer.

Why You Cannot Transfer a Domain Name

Below are 9 causes why you cannot be able to transfer a domain name:

Although there may be other factors that could lead your domain name registrar to refuse the transfer, for the purpose of this article I am only going to list the following nine common causes.

1. If there is a proof of fraud.
2. Order by court.
3. Disputes over the identity of the registrant.
4. Disputes over the identity of the administrator.
5. If there was no payments of previous period.
6. A domain that has expired.
7. Express written objection of the transfer.
8. A domain that is locked.
9. A domain that is not 60 days old from the date of its registration.

Two reasons for:

Be aware also of the following two reasons that may cause delays when you want to transfer a domain:

• Email contact address of the current administrator is not valid.
• Dealing with a run down registrar with obsolete system or customer service.

And that my dear friend,

Brings us to the end of this section on how to transfer a domain name.

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