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Transferring your domain to Earth Star Hosting requires you to do some very specific tasks to ensure that your transfer occurs smoothly.

As the owner of your domain name, you and only you, are authorized to make your domain transfer happen. And every registrar handles this process differently.

A little background first: A domain name transfer is not really a transfer at all, hence the confusion. It is merely an update to records that are attached to your domain registration called "name server" records. The name server records, in effect, tell the internet where your site is hosted.

Your domain registration, in most cases, remains unchanged and is not "transferred". What really happens is that the name server records that are attached to it are updated to point to your new hosting company.

To point your domain name to our name servers you will need to notify your registrar of the new name server information. We have listed some of the more popular registrars below with their instructions for updating your name server information. If your registrar is not listed, go to their site and look for links to "modify domain", "change DNS", "update name servers" or something similar.

Please scroll down this page to find your registrar.

Verisign (formerly Network Solutions)

Step by step instructions:

- Go to www.networksolutions.com

- Log in user user id / acct #, passwd

- Under Domain Names, click on Domain

- Click on Edit Contacts / Manage DNS

- Click on yellow Manage Name Servers button

- Click on gray No Thanks button

- Enter primary and secondary name servers:

NS1.EARTHSTARDNS.COM
NS2.EARTHSTARDNS.COM

- Click yellow Continue button

- Click on the next yellow Continue button

- Wait 12 to 72 hours for the name server update / propagation.

Register.com

To point your Domain Name to our servers, you just need to log on to Register.com's Domain Name Manager and add our DNS servers (nameservers) to your domain name record:

Go to The Register.com "Manage My Domain" form (this form will open up in a new browser window).

On this form, enter your Domain Name, and the Username and Password you selected when you first registered. If you forgot your password or username, just click on the link on that page to have that information e-mailed to you.

Your current domain name record will be pulled up. Click on the Domain Name Server (DNS) section and do the following:

Click the "remove" box next to any existing name servers listed for your account.
In the boxes below the current DNS entries, add our name servers:

Primary Name Server: ns1.earthstardns.com
Primary IP Address: 216.7.170.57
Secondary Name Server: ns2.earthstardns.com
Secondary IP Address: 216.7.170.58

You will receive an email requesting that you follow a link to confirm the changes. YOU MUST DO THIS TO ENABLE THE CHANGE!

Upon confirmation, the change will be visible in the Register.com WHOIS right away, the propagation should take no more than 1-3 days to spread to all ISPs on the Internet.

Open SRS

Login to Domain Manager using your domain name, username, and password. Click on the "Name Servers" link at the top of the page. In the next screen, type the new name servers in place of existing primary and secondary name servers. You should type only the names and not the IP numbers. Be sure you do not have spaces at the beginning or end of the name. Click "Save Configuration" and the system will automatically find the IP numbers and update your record.

BuyDomains

Login to the domain Control Panel and change the name servers there. You will not need the IP addresses of the nameservers, just the names.

Domain Bank

Once you are successfully logged in, go to Domain Manager. Click on the Modify DNS Record button near the top center of the page. Choose the domain name you want to modify.

Note: you must make multiple domain name changes one name at a time.

You should now see the domain name you chose and its current DNS record. Enter the primary and secondary name servers you want to change to (you do not need to enter IP numbers as we automatically get those from the registry record). Choose which authorized email address (if more than one) to send the change request to. Hit the Send Button to initiate the change request. The DNS change is then sent to the authorized email address who must read the directions of the email and go to the unique link in the email message to complete the change. Failure to do this will NOT complete the DNS record modification. If the previous step is completed, 24-48 hours later, your DNS change is done!

DomainPeople

If your domain name is registered through DomainPeople, you can login to your account manager to modify the name server information for your domain name at any time. Select the DNS Info from the main menu once you've logged in. You will be taken to a form that displays the current name server information for the domain. Each name server has a hostname and a corresponding IP address. Simply replace the current hostname on the form with the new hostname of the name server you wish to use, and click the submit button. You do not have to enter the IP address, as this information is already contained in the Internet zone files. DNS information is processed at 5:00 am and 5:00 pm. Eastern Standard Time.

Internet Names Worldwide

Go to the maintenance page. Enter your domain name and Registry Key and click "Edit Delegation Details". Instructions follow for changing nameservers.

NameIT

From your Domain Management Tool you can modify your nameservers. From the Domain Management Tool, choose the "List Domains" option. You will see list of all the domains registered within your account. Click on the domain you want to modify. This will allow you to change the nameservers. All modifications are done in real time. You will receive an email as soon as you have made the changes. It is very important that you keep your contact information up-to-date. All correspondence between you and n@meIT will be through the email address listed in the Organization contact section.

NamesDirect

Click on "Manage your domain name" and enter the new server information after logging in.

NameSecure

Visit the Update Center. Enter User Name and Password, and you will then be able to update name servers in the section at bottom.

Interaccess

You may change the DNS information for your domain name by accessing the Domain Control Panel� using your email address (as your username) and password. If you have forgotten your password you may email them at support@registrars.com or you may contact them at 1-800-850-8282.