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There are several good reasons to move your domain name to Vision Internet Limited. Some of these reasons are outlined below.
This page mainly deals with moving a domain name to us rather than simply pointing it to our hosting. If you don't wish to move your domain name and still want us to provide web hosting, you can simply change the DNS settings of your domain name. Please select "Hosting only" on our order form to do this. You will be sent the appropriate settings once you have placed an order with us. If you have problems with DNS settings, your domain name provider should be able to help you with this.
We do not charge anything for a .uk domain name to be moved to us or away from us. If the domain name is coming up for renewal, we will send you a renewal invoice once the domain name has been transferred.
Please use our order form to choose a hosting package before moving any domain names over to us and make sure that "Move domain" is selected. If you already have a hosting package with ourselves and wish to add (or park) another domain to it, you also need to use our order form, selecting "Move domain" along with the "Park/Add to hosting" option. You should then contact your present domain name provider and ask them to release the domain name to Nominet Tag (IPStag): VISIONINTERNET. This tag name is very important and should always be in uppercase.
If your current domain name provider refuses to move the domain name or you cannot contact them, you should contact Nominet UK (the registry for all UK domain names) who will be able to move your domain name for you at a cost of £15+VAT. If you need to do this, please click here and make sure that you request that your domain name is moved to Nominet Tag: VISIONINTERNET. If your UK domain name has been de-tagged, please see our page on detagged domain names.
This type of move is subject to a transfer fee of £15+VAT. If you have not renewed your domain name in the last 45 days, the transfer will result in an extra year being added to the renewal date.
If your domain name ends in .com .net .org .biz or .net, it must have been registered with the present domain name registrar for more than 60 days, unlocked for transfer and you must be listed as the administrator contact in order to move it. You will also need an Auth_code which your current domain name registrar is required to provide you if requested. If you are the administrator contact, we can initiate the move to our registrar (openSRS) and you will be sent an email which you have to achnowledge. Some registrars will send you an additional email which should also be achnowledged for a faster transfer. It generally takes 7 days to complete the process if you've not been sent (or completed) the second confirmation email.
We recommend that you move your domain name to us at least a month before the renewal date as some registrars have been known to lock the domain name and prevent it from being moved in the last month before renewal.
We charge a transfer fee of £10+VAT for these types of domain names. If your previous domain registration agent hasn't already paid CentralNic for the name, we will send you an invoice for it. Ideally, you should avoid transferring this type of domain name within 60 days of purchase to avoid problems.
Before transferring this type of domain name, you need to contact your present domain provider and inform them that you intend to move the domain to CentralNic handle: H76026 (Vision Internet Limited). Once this has been done, Please use our order form to choose a hosting package and make sure that "Move domain" is selected. If you already have a hosting package with ourselves and wish to add (or park) another domain to it, you also need to use our order form, selecting "Move domain" along with the "Park/Add to hosting" option.
Once we have received your order, we will then initiate the transfer of the domain. CentralNic will contact your current domain name provider requesting their permission. If the transfer request is denied, you will need to fax (or post) a letter to CentralNic in order to transfer the domain. We will provide more details regarding this in the event of failure.
When the move is complete, we will change the DNS settings associated with your domain name so that it points to our servers. There will be a transition period of up to 2 days where some people will see the old version of your site and some will see the new. This is due to the way that the name server information propagates through the internet. When receiving email, it is recommended that you use the IP address rather than the domain name to differentiate between the two different hosts over the transition period.
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