Questions tagged [transfer]
The act of moving data, web-hosting, email, etc...to another location or party. Please add an additional tag to specify what would be transferred (e.g., data, web-hosting, email, etc..). For transferring domains, just use the 'domain-transfer' tag.
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Shopify not providing authorisation code to transfer domain
I’ve had my domain registered with shopify for about 5 years as I ran an e-commerce shop with them. My domain renewal is coming up soon and I asked for the authorisation code to transfer it to a new ...
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How do I disconnect my domain from the old website and connect it to the new website?
I want to build a completely new website with a different host than the one I am using now (Wordpress) instead of migrating it. How do I disassociate my domain (which I own) from the old website and ...
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How to extract Universal Analytics data from earlier than 2023? [closed]
I have been testing online products to extract historical Universal Analytics (UA) data and I'm finding that the two that I have tried have limitations. I am wondering if there is any tool (free ...
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Does a domain sale share the owner’s contact info?
I am selling a domain online and my registrar uses privacy protection which is automatically enabled. Behind the privacy protection, I have myself listed as all 3 contacts, along with my personal ...
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Is it possible to transfer an old domain to a new subdomain?
Is it possible to move an old domain to a new subdomain permanently without losing search engine rankings? For example, going from https://www.example.com/ to https://blog.newexample.com/?
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Easiest and most affordable webhost to transfer and host the domain of an existing .php website to another existing domain name? [duplicate]
I've had a friend of mine create a .php website for me that he hosts on a personal raspberry pi server.
It looks fantastic and works great. However, I already have a website and domain that was hosted ...
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How to stop running website copying task initiated in Plesk Panel?
I have started website copying to an external directory via FTP at Plesk Panel (Centos 7).
I wanted to stop it because it is too slow and will take it many days if I let it continue to run.
I have ...
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Can add-on domains be transferred to a new host before transfering the primary domain?
I currently have a few websites hosted with a web host, but I want to switch to a better host. I found one that I want to use on a trial basis, transferring one website at a time to it to see how well ...
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Does the .co.uk registry (Nominet) have a 60 day waiting period for domain transfer?
Do .co.uk domains have a 60 day waiting period to transfer a domain? Also, is there a waiting period for any domain for which we use IPS Tag for domain name transfers?
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Registering a domain as an individual and then assigning it to a company?
When registering a domain name contact information should be given about the owner (address, city, country, phone number etc.)
If I register a domain using my personal information and then after ...
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Moving to another domain loss google search rank
My old A.maindomain.net was hosted on wordpress.com so I decided to move to B.maindomain.com domain and use Google Analytic and wordpress.org instead.
Actually, I have prepared test environment to ...
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Create FTP/SSH account with read-only access in DirectAdmin
I have a developer who wants to check website files on the server. In the past, this developer has made changes that broke the website.
In order to avoid unwanted file editing, I need to grant the ...
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What is the easiest/recommended way to transfer all DNS settings from external NS servers to 1&1 NS servers?
I transferred several active domains to 1&1 (ionos.com) which are hosted on 3rd party servers. To make the transfer as smooth as possible I kept the original name severs for the transfer.
Now I ...
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How to preserve ALL website's URLS when transferring to a new CMS as well hosting
I am in a position where I have to figure out how to preserve all of the website's pages URLS when transferring it to a new CMS, perhaps potentially Joomla (hasn't been decided yet). New hosting is ...
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How to transfer an SSL certificate from one cPanel account to another? Do I need to transfer it? I have WHM with the new account
I've moved a site to a new hosting account, and need to get SSL working again.
On the old hosting account, as I understand it, the hosting provider just issued free Let's Encrypt certificates and ...
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can't transfer and register a Canceled+/Expired .Li domain (with incomplete WHOIS)
I contacted the registrant (I edited out his name out below) by finding his new email on the web, he emailed me that he don't own the domain anymore and sent photos he took of the paper forms he ...
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Transfer my m.website to my responsive website without losing my SE ranking
Until last month I was using two versions of my website: one for desktop and one for mobile. (m.example.com / example.com) A few weeks ago I made my desktop version responsive.
In order to redirect ...
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How transfer Google index for a single keyword to another domain
In Google webmaster tools we can change domain. This tools will transfer all indexed pages to another domain. I know this technique, but I have another problem.
I have web site that contains ...
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Domain from A, hosting from B, who'll receive the mail?
I am tired of the Webhost I bought the domain and hosting from. Now, I now want to transfer my domain to Godaddy and shift to some other hosting.
My Question: Who'll receive the mails sent to the ...
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Is there a Auth-Code Format Standard for .NET, .ORG and .COM?
I'm attempting to transfer a .net domain from 123-reg to GoDaddy but encountering a problem. As you know whenever transferring a top level domain you need a AUTH code, often referred as the EPP code, ...
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Paper Lantern Theme Changed for Newly Transferred cPanel Account
I just transferred a cPanel account in from another server. Paper Lantern is the default cPanel theme for all my accounts. However, the "Paper Lantern" theme for this one new account looks like an old ...
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exporting a blog from a blogging platform to a website
I want to create a blog with my own domain and considere both the following alternatives:
(a) purchasing a domain, a host service and creating a website from scratch ;
(b) run a blogger platform ...
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How to keep SEO URLs after migrating my website to WordPress?
Because each platform has a unique structure and different rules for URLs, SEO URLs may be changed when migrating data from one content management platform to another.
Do I have have to use an ...
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Moving to another host, what should I do to keep search engines happy
Sorry if this is a very basic or repetitive question.
I have a rather well indexed WordPress site whit a few loyal users. I am fed up with my current hosting service and their pricing system, so I ...
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Register new hosting IP in DNS A Record
At the moment I have example.com that my colleague bought from GoDaddy which was first purchased via Google Work. The purchase did not include a hosting plan. We do not plan to host our website on ...
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How to reduce impact moving a website to a different server?
I have a website, hosted on a Shared Hosting plan at 1and1, and recently I've got a Virtual Server, because I aim to transfer the website to a bigger server.
So the process I will be doing is:
Copy ...
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Selling site - How to transfer PayPal subscribers?
I have a website that has hundreds of active PayPal subscribers, and I am putting it out on the market. I have found out that it is not possible to transfer subscribers from one account to another. It ...
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How can I move a website from Drupal to WordPress without affecting the Google ranking [closed]
How can I move a website from Drupal to WordPress without affecting the Google ranking?
The issue is that my client is already on the first page on Google, they are moving their site from Drupal to ...
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Transfer files from cPanel shared hosting to VPS with Plesk
I have recently purchased a VPS with Plesk control panel and I am migrating a website I have on a shared hosting with cPanel.
I have everything configured on the new VPS but now I need to transfer ...
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Do promotional domain registration & hosting packages mean they own the domain?
I want to buy a year of hosting with GoDaddy that includes a free domain name.
So what happens after one year if I want to keep my domain but change the hosting? Does my domain name belong to GoDaddy ...
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Does Domain and Hosting Transfer affect search engine ranking? [duplicate]
Im planning to transfer my domain from my current provider since there have been problems with hosting,webmail and poor support.
Will transferring the domain and changing the host affect my search ...
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Procedure for transfer of WordPress site
I've read some tutorials on transferring a WordPress site to another host, but I'm still confused about some of the steps for doing that in my situation.
I'm transferring my WP site from DreamHost to ...
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Domain Transfer Email Question
I have a domain name owned by Company A, webhosting and emailhosting package in the hands of Company B, And I want to transfer the webhosting and emails from B to C.
I'm guessing I need to contact A ...
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Is it possible to regain a site's traffic after losing some to a transfer / merge?
After merging two sites to a third, using proper 301 redirects and transferring the domains in Google webmaster tools, overall traffic dropped by ~50%. One of the original sites was getting a plenty ...
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cPanel ssh ftp application to transfer files to another server
I have to transfer ~6GB of data from my server to another which I don't own.
On my server I have ssh access, and I have SFTP console client. The thing is, other server only supports plain old FTP and ...
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transfer a "caught" domain to another registrar
I managed to catch a backordered domain with dropcatcher.co.uk and I'm now looking to transfer it to my preferred registrar which is dynadot.com.
Having read various guides on transferring domains, ...
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Why do we have to wait 60 days between each domain transfer?
I understand that ICANN does make the rules requiring this, but I don't understand why we have to? Each time we do transfer the domain, we have to pay to do so. That partially stops fraud. I also do ...
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I am taking ownership of a website. Do I need to take ownership on the domain name first, and then transfer the website to the new host?
I am going to be rebuilding a new website for a new client. There current site is at a different host and registar. I want to transfer ownership. Which one do I do first? Domain name to new registar ...
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Move vBulletin to subdomain or to a folder?
I've a quite big vBulletin forum, with 400'000 messages and 15'000 users. Now I want to disable the vBulletin CMS and install Wordpress in the root of my domain.
So I'll move the forum in a folder (...
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SFTP Speed Limit (being a good neighbor on shared server)
I've been developing my website on a local server and I am ready to upload to production.
The initial upload will be in the 4 GB range. I don't want to slam the server, I think a Filezilla speed ...
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Transfer ownership of abandoned Google Analytics account
The web team of a new client was fully responsible for the client's Google Analytics account, meaning the client didn't keep records of the account. Now that that web team has gone under we are trying ...
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How important is my domain registrar if they aren't doing any of my web hosting?
Forgive me if I'm asking a noobish question, I'm quite new still.
I recently registered a domain with Network Solutions, hoping to sometime later this year put up a website that I haven't finished ...
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FTP many images from one server to another server in fastest way
I have many images in my server and I want transfer my data to another server.
I want combine those files to one file and then FTP. I am using 7-zip with "store" option to make one file, but it is ...
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Transfer websites and domains to new server
We have currently around 40 websites and 80+ domains/sub-domains in a shared 1&1 hosting package, and we just acquired a managed dedicated server with 1&1 as well.
Now it's time to start ...
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Domain Registration and Hosting Transfer
Domain Registration and Hosting Transfer
I am in a kind of situation here and I need your help. I have a domain (www.myowndomainname.com), which is registered and hosted by a reseller in UK. The ...
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Is a domain name transfer required or can I just link to old domain name without transferring?
I have two domain names (www.abc.com and www.xyz.com) which are hosted using say a company called Old-Host. Now, the hosting plan has expired and they have taken down all data residing in their ...
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I'm building you a website. How can I make it easy to transfer ownership?
I just completed my first web development course. I know HTML and CSS basics and an ounce of JavaScript. Still, this is enough to build websites for people.
But they will want to be able to edit the ...
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How do I prevent ISPs from killing downloads of files in mid-transfer?
I run a small website with a few users, low traffic, mostly to share personal mp3 files with a small community.
Depending on their ISP, my users can't always download or stream larger files. By ...
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What kinds of issues can one expect when changing a domain names registar? (3 questions) [closed]
Assuming that there are no 'unusual' items that come up, what kind of disruptions can one expect when moving a domain between registrars?
I understand some of the below may vary over registrars. But ...
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Transfer domain from godaddy to another registrar and (somewhat) maintain privacy?
Does anyone know if its possible in any ways to do this?
Transfer a private domain (via domainsbyproxy) registered at godaddy to another registrar.
While I know moving a domain from godaddy requires ...
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