How to transfer my domain away from Fasthosts to ETNHost?

Here at ETNHost, we recommend that you keep your domain name where you host your website. It is easier to manage, fewer passwords to worry about, better security, and last but not least this way you get a piece of mind. You will receive regular notifications from us, via e-mail, reminding you when the renewal date for your domain name is due, so you will not miss to renew it and risk your website becoming inaccessible.

Extra:

Once the domain name is transferred to us, you will get one year of a free domain name renewal as a bonus.

Transfer of domain names may take anywhere between 3 and 10 days until completion. Before initiating a domain name transfer of a domain name registered with Fasthosts, you will need to make sure that the following conditions apply:

• The domain must be more than 60 days old. This is not an ETNHost, nor Fasthosts, specific rule, but rather a rule implemented by ICANN, the organization that governs domain registrations. 
• The domain has been unlocked for transfer from Fasthosts. 
• The domain is showing your current e-mail for the admin contact in the Whois database as that is where the authorization email will be sent. You can find the valid administrative e-mail for your domain name by using the WHOIS lookup tool available at: http://whois.domaintools.com/
• The domain must not be too close to its expiration date, as Fasthosts will normally auto renew domains 15 days prior to expiration. 

Notes:

The 60-day holding period only applies to domain transfers between registrar providers when a domain is either newly registered or recently transferred. If you just ended site services with another provider (without transferring the domain to another registrar), then the 60-day hold shouldn't apply at all. If the hold did apply, it still shouldn't prevent you from pointing it to another host service to start up a new site.

To prepare your domain name to be transferred away from Fasthosts you must engage in the following steps:

1. Log into your Fasthosts account.
2. Unlock the domain name and obtain the EPP/Authorization code

• To unlock the domain name and make it available for a transfer go to the Domains menu and choose Manage Domains.
• You will see a list of all of the domains you have with Fasthosts. Select the domain which you would like to transfer.

• To unlock the domain name simply click on the Unlock link which is located under the Contacts & Ownership section.
• You will be asked to confirm that you want to unlock the domain, to do that click on the Unlock button.
• Once you have unlocked the domain name click on the Transfer Options which can be found under the Contacts & Ownership section.
• You will be directed to a different page.
• Once you are there find the Transfer to a different provider button and click on it.
• You will be once again directed to a page.
• On this page you will be presented with a summary of the transfer process.

• In the third box you will find the EPP/Auth code.
• Copy the code and present it to the new registrar.

3. Disable the Domain Privacy feature

• To disable the domain privacy feature of the domain you want to transfer go to the Domains menu and choose Manage Domains.
• You will see a list of all of the domains you have with Fasthosts.
• Select the domain which you would like to transfer.
• Under the Domain Privacy section click on the Configure link.
• The screen will confirm that your Domain Privacy feature is active.
• To deactivate it simply click on the Remove Domain Privacy button at the bottom. 

Notes:

There is a chance that you could be directed to a form requiring you to enter your contact details first. If this were to happen fill in the bolded fields and repeat.

4. Update your contact information if needed

• To update your contact information of the domain you want to transfer go to the Domains menu and choose Manage Domains.
• You will see a list of all of the domains you have with Fasthosts.
• Select the domain which you would like to transfer.
• You will see all contact information regarding that domain at the bottom of the page.
• You can select which type of information you would like to update by clicking on the Edit contact link located under it. 

After completing the preparation, let some time pass (a day or so) before you initiate the transfer. You can also check the Whois info for your domain. You can do this at http://www.whois.net or http://whois.domaintools.com or similar sites, to make sure everything shows up and is correct.

Once ready, you can now submit a transfer request for the domain:

• Start within your ETNHost account .
• Proceed with posting an order for the domain name transfer by clicking on the Domains tab.
• Upon the request of the domain name transfer, you will need to enter the Authorization/EPP code. Once the code is entered then the process will begin.

Note that you will also receive a transfer approval email to the listed administrative contact for the domain. After the transfer is confirmed the losing registrar (Fasthosts) has 7 days to release the domain. If everything is OK, the domain will be released and added to the Domains Section in your ETNHost account.

Notes:

Once you start a domain name transfer you must remember that you can't change your DNS, Whois info, contact info and so on.