NEED TO MOVE MY .com SITES

sunny2004 · 12-08-2007 8:40am #1

Hi,
I have a few site names and hosting packages with a company called freehost.ie but I received an email saying they were going out of business..

I wanted to ask if anyone knows of a good service thats cheap for both registering the .coms and hosting 2 sites.
I think that freehost ( the company I was using) charged around 40 euros for hosting and registering the names..

I am open to idea !

the reason it needs to be cheap is that I dont get much traffic and some of the names are just ideas that are never used, in these cases I dont even have any traffic to the site..

How difficult is it to move a site from one provider to another?

Seth Brundle · 12-08-2007 9:00am

Do you already have a domain - you will need to change the DNS settings to point towards your new host.
Make sure you have a copy of the entire old site asap and then get this up on the new host asap.

Several hosts are out there such as Blacknight.ie, hosting365.ie, etc.

mneylon · 12-08-2007 7:17pm

Moving them shouldn´t be too hard as long as you can still access the email address associated with the domains and can get the EPP key for the transfers.

sunny2004 · 14-08-2007 8:13am

I cant seem to get a reply from the company that took them over and is now also out of business..

I am not concerned about the email accounts but am concerned about holding onto the .com names..

What do I do now ?

edit update~

OK freehost was taken over by Ketec and then Gel !! all 3 are gone and those numbers below simply do not work !

Email received..

Dear Client,

The companies Ketec.ie and Freehost.ie have now been taken over by Gel
Communications please note our new address;

Gel Communications
Unit 1, Porters Road
Coolmine Ind Est,
Blanchardstown
Dublin 15
Ireland

Ph: +353 (0)1 8236914
Fax: +353 (0)1 8236904

they have swapped hands a few times

OK.. so lets say they are gone completly.. what do I do now ??

mneylon · 14-08-2007 8:26am

If the domains are on their OpenSRS account and you cannot contact them you may be able to move them to another OpenSRS account ie. internally within the registrar (Tucows)

We've had to do it for a few people in the past

Michele

NEED TO MOVE MY .com SITES

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