I am pleased to announce that JinJinBlog.com had officially completed transfering its domain registrar from Yahoo to Godaddy. I had been busy with the transferring last week as JinJinBlog.com due next month. After a year of parking domain with Yahoo, I decided to give a try for GoDaddy. The few factor I considered include cost, realiability, and lastly the promotion they offering. So end up, the winner is GoDaddy. This follow by the Yahoo!'s annual domain renewal price increases from $9.95 to $12.95 per year beggining on March 11, 2008. However, GoDaddy offer $6.99 for the transfer of 1 year. Apparently, I signup for 1 year.
Firstly, I would like to share the transferring process from Yahoo!.
How do I transfer my domain to another provider?
If you'd like to transfer your domain away from Yahoo!, we strongly recommend transferring your domain before you cancel. (Trust us, this will save you headaches in the long run.)
If you're ready to transfer your domain:
Verify that it's at least 60 days after your domain registration date.
In accordance with ICANN rules, you cannot transfer your domain to another provider until 60 days after your domain registration date.
1. Make sure your domain is unlocked.
For your security, locked domains cannot be transferred. If your domain is locked, visit your Domain Control Panel and click the "Edit Domain Locking" link. Learn more.
2. Check your administrative contact email address.
Your new provider will send an email to your domain administrative contact to confirm your domain transfer. If you can't receive the confirmation, you won't be able to complete the transfer! Learn how to update your contact information. Please take note, the administrative email address is very sensitive. If you would like to change the contact email. It advised to wait 24 hours for the info to update all the nameserver else you will get trouble.
3. Get your authorization code.
To find your authorization code, head to your Domain Control Panel, and click the "View Your Authorization Code" link. On the following page, you'll see your unique domain authorization code. Print this code, as you'll need it to give to your new provider. Learn more.
4. Contact your new provider.
When you're ready, contact your new provider to begin the transfer process. Be sure to have your authorization code handy, as your new provider will need it to verify the move.
5. Cancel your plan.
Once your transfer is complete, we'll send you an email confirming the transfer (you can also check this status with your new provider — it should take about three days "In fact, it took 8 days for my case"). When you receive this confirmation from GoDaddy, you may cancel your plan.
Note that Yahoo! does not automatically cancel your service when you transfer your domain.
Note: Some hosting providers cannot manage domain registrations. If you'd still like to use your domain with this kind of provider, you can redirect, or redelegate, your Yahoo! name servers to point to that provider. In this case, do not cancel your plan, as you'll need it to continue managing your domain through Yahoo!; instead you may downgrade to a Yahoo! Domains plan.
Things to look out is copy down whole DNS record at your previous registrar for backup. You will need to reconfigure again the DNS at your new registrar. I found that GoDaddy had a more detail DNS management console. The tool and advice given is much straight forward. In conclusion, I was grateful everything run smoothly, short downtime, only the transfering among the registrar take 8 days annoy me. Good experience.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
JinJinBlog.com Domain Transfer Succesful
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Yahoo Cheap Domain Name
The first thing come in mind when this blog started is I had to get a domain name. So coincidently, I received Yahoo marketing mail. I can't believe it. They are offering $1.99 one domain name only for new customer. I quickly snatch the offer and here comes JinJinBlog. My first domain name in life. How it sounds?
Please take note of the T&R too. Offer expires 6/30/2007. Discount applies only to the first year of service. ...When your domain expires, it will auto renew by charging to your account without notice.
If you didn't realise, faster grab this offer from this link:
Signup here
Friday, May 18, 2007
Get your own domain name!
For new kids on the Blog, try not to save your cost from buying a domain name. Those subdomain on typepad.com, blogspot.com, or wordpress.com is not own by yours. You may facing the risk of losing the site, traffic, redirection, and even advertisement by third party. It will be much safer to own one. Maybe you don’t have much experience with blogging, so you don’t think it’s that big deal which platform you choose or whether you have your own domain name. Well think again. By not having your own domain name, if you ever decide to move to another blogging platform you run the risk of losing all (or a lot) of your traffic, your search engine rankings, all of your hard earned incoming links, etc because you cannot take your URL with you. How are you going to redirect your traffic to your new blog when you have NO ability to, say, set up a 301 Permanent Redirect? Which, for those who are wondering, would both:
There are many reasons why you’d want your own domain name:
If you are using Blogger, your site is hosted by them and you need only a personal domain name.
Domain names are cheap - about $9 a year for a single one, as low as $6.75 a year if you own more than 50. There is NO excuse to not have your own domain name for your blog. You will regret if at some point down the road if you don’t start out with your own domain name.
I got my domain name from Yahoo which the cheapest I found then. Guess what, you can create unlimited subdomain from YOUR domain name too. What you need is some traffic redirection settings. It's worth it.
