| p>This is a continuation of some articles I decided to | | | | confused. The first is the domain registration. This is |
| write after purchasing a poker blog website. I | | | | the place that holds the details of the domain and |
| thought it would be useful to share some of my | | | | who it is registered to. This does not have to be the |
| experiences. | | | | same place that hosts your website. The second is |
| Ok so you have identified the site you want, | | | | the actual website itself. |
| checked all the details as far as possible to ensure it | | | | The person who is selling the website to you will |
| is genuine, see my previous articles for some further | | | | have to initiate a domain name transfer to you. It is |
| information. You have placed a bid and amazingly | | | | easiest if you have an account with the same |
| won the auction and are now the proud owner of a | | | | company which has the domain registration as the |
| new website. | | | | seller. Normally the transfer can occur within a few |
| I would always advise paying by paypal as you can | | | | days. |
| (if there are problems) raise a dispute and ask paypal | | | | Once the transfer has taken place, you will have to |
| to intervene. Some sellers will offer escrow services, | | | | log onto your account and basically tell the world |
| where the money is held in trust until both parties | | | | where the website is now running from. This would |
| are happy. This will of course cost to use and very | | | | normally be done by changing the nameserver entry |
| often you and the seller would pay half towards this. | | | | on the domain information. This can take up to forty |
| In my opinion this shows a fair amount of trust from | | | | eight hours to propagate round the internet. |
| the seller as to what he is selling and is a good | | | | The person selling will send you a copy of all the files |
| indication of what you are buying is probably what | | | | which comprise the website, or they may allow you |
| you are expecting. | | | | to download them from their hosting company. Once |
| There are two main parts to any website transfer | | | | you have the files you will then upload them to your |
| and these are where most people start to get very | | | | hosting company. |