Domain Name Transfer

I recently had to transfer a domain name when I designed a replacement web site for a company. This transfer was shrouded in mystery until I went through the process.

Originally the former webmaster had established the domain name with Go Daddy. To complete the transfer, I had to set up an account there.

 The former webmaster needed two pieces of information from me:

1. My email that I used to set up the Go Daddy Account

2. Go Daddy Account number

She initiated the transfer. About 20 minutes later, I received an email from Go Daddy with a change of registrant pending notice.

I signed into my account to accept the change. I did have trouble with the hidden menus on the Go Daddy website, and required customer service to point me in the right direction. The phone representative was very helpful.

Now that the domain name transfer is complete, future renewal notices will come to me. That completed the transfer. Once I set up a web host, I pointed the domain to the web host nameservers.