Domain up for renewal

Hi

My domain is currently registered via 123 reg. It is up for rnewal in April and I want to (if possible) get as far away from 123 reg as is possible. My problem is, I dont know how to do this.

Can anyone shed any light on how I go about renewing my domain but not with 123 reg please?

I use Dream Hosting to host my site so should I speak to them?
TIA
Helan

for a co.uk domain
- call your new provider of choice, agree on a service plan and ask them for their IPS tag
- log into 123-reg website
- choose domain, click modify
- click change IPS tag and enter what your new provider gave you (this has to be exactly as they tell you!!!)
- Wait an hour or so and then call the new provider and tell them that you have changed the IPS tag to theirs and that they should setup service now

I am not sure how com works on 123-reg, but there should be a release for transfer button in the modify domain menu, allowing you to unlock the domain to move it away.

Hope this helps!

I manage a dozen or so accounts, on behalf of customers. All registered with 123-reg, with which I never had an issue. What problems have you encountered with them?

Hi

Thank you for the detailed reply. That's great.

I contacted dream hosting who gave me the ISP tag details this morning. I'll change it through 123 reg control panel now.

I manage a dozen or so accounts, on behalf of customers. All registered with 123-reg, with which I never had an issue. What problems have you encountered with them?

It's a very long story, I had a nightmare with 123 reg a few years back and it's left a nasty taste in my mouth. Dont want to do business with them. Was waiting for my renewal date to come up so I could stop dealing with them.

Thanks very much for your help, much appreciated

Sorry to hear that. I always thought 123-reg as being on of the more customer friendly service providers.
In the past I have had some bad experience with some providers charging release fees for moving domain names away from them.

For the future remember that you can move a domain name at any time, without loosing the already paid subscription.
This obviously doesn't apply to email/hosting packages.

Once you have extended a domain by 2 years you can't loose that subscription, regardless of how often you move it.

In reply to a post by SUMMONER:

For the future remember that you can move a domain name at any time, without loosing the already paid subscription.
This obviously doesn't apply to email/hosting packages.

Thanks, I'll remember that

Once you have extended a domain by 2 years you can't loose that subscription, regardless of how often you move it.

What do you mean lose the subscription? If my subscription expired and I didn't renew it surely I would lose the domain name? Not that anybody else would want it though

Err..I have no idea what I meant.

Yes, if the domain lapses it will become available again for others to register.

Err..I have no idea what I meant.

LOL No probs

In reply to a post by SUMMONER:

Err..I have no idea what I meant.

Relax have a cookie

Ohh.... I never say no to cookies!

I assumed you meant that if you have bought a domain name for x years it will remain yours for x years regardless of how many times you move between registrars in those x years.