Domain Name and 60 Day Waiting period??

[kh225]

Hello I recently purchased a domain name for a site I plan on doing for plus size women but when I recently tried to transfer the domain name to the site hosting my website it said theres a 60 day waiting period. I am extremely new to this could somebody tell me what I am missing??
Thanks so much
Krystel

[Lynn Terry]

[kh225]

[Domain Name Guy]

Many hosting companies say you need to transfer your domain registration
to them when using their hosting services. Unless they do say so in their
legal fine prints, you don't need to transfer your registration to the other
provider.

The only times you may need to transfer your registration are:

1. Your current domain provider doesn't have what you want. Or,

2. Your current domain provider has made managing your domain name a
complete nightmare.

As Lynn said, all you need is to change the DNS or "nameservers" to that
of your hosting company inside your domain's control panel. Once done, it
will take around 24-48 hours for the changes to take effect throughout the
Internet.

Despite advances in technology, some things don't happen immediately as
we'd like to believe. This isn't due to slow technological development, but
rather due to demand growing faster than supply is able to cope with.

Personally speaking, I've seen a domain name resolve to its website in
20 seconds flat after the DNS change. But it didn't happen for another one
even though they're in the same place.

Anyway, keep on trying until your domain name finally resolves to its site.
If it hasn't after 24-48 hours, then it's time to start checking.

BTW, there is a "rule" where domain name registrations can be transferred
to another provider 60 days after its creation date. But note this applies to
domain name registrations, not switching web hosting providers.

Hoping this helps.

[HowardH]

If a hosting company requires you to transfer your domain to them, that is a sign of a potential ripoff. Your domain name is thousands of times more valuable than any particular hosting arrangement, and if a host isn't living up to its promises, you need to be able to dump them and get a new host without losing your domain name! If you "bundle", you are probably actually allowing the hosting company to register your domain in their name. That means they own it, not you.
get your hosting and domain name from the same vendor (not even me)! That's one of the reasons I have a separate affiliates for and . Plus yet another for . The domain registrar offers hosting, and the low-cost host offers domain registration -- but DON'T DO IT. You will be better off in the long run to keep them separate, no matter how good the bundled deal looks! My does not offer domain registration.

[Lynn Terry]