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This article will teach you how to transfer a Google registered domain to GoDaddy. I found it extremely frustrating that there are no decent instructions out there about how to transfer a domain you registered with Google (most likely when you signed up for a Blogger account) over to another Registrar. This process takes a few steps and will more than likely take you a couple days to finish, but stay with me and we’ll get through it together.

The first thing you will need to do is have an account at a registrar where you want your Google domain to be transferred to. I’ve been using GoDaddy.com forever, and I’ve never had any issues with them, so if I can highly recommend them for your domain registering needs. Normally it only costs $7.00 to transfer a domain name, and you get an additional year of registration for free.

Now that you have your account set up there, log in and go to the top “Domains” dropdown tab and select “Transfer Domains to GoDaddy”. Type the domain name you wish to transfer from Google in the box and select “Go”. If the domain name is available for transfer, click “Proceed to Checkout”. Continue through the checkout process and pay for the transfer. You will receive several emails from GD, one of which will contain transfer codes for your domain, so don’t trash these!

In the next step, you have to get into it with the nice folks over at Google. When you buy a domain name through the big “G”, your domain name is actually being hosted by Enom.com or GoDaddy.com (Yeah, go figure), but for some reason it’s extremely difficult to get access to your own domain name.

Proceed to the Google Apps page here…google.com/apps/intl/en/business/index.html

Click on “Returning User Sign In” in the upper right. Enter the domain name that we’re trying to transfer and click GO. This should log you into your domain management control panel. If you are asked to log in again, just log in with your domain username and password (Hopefully you remember this).

Click on the “Manage this Domain” text in the upper right. On this page, click on “Domain Names” in the upper left section of the page. Doesn’t it seem like we’ve clicked “domain names” about a thousand times already?

Finally…you are now looking at the domain settings for your Google domain. In the Primary Domain section, see the link for Advanced DNS settings..Click that. You will now see the following:

To change Advanced DNS settings, sign in to your DNS console with the following information:

Domain: domainX.com Password: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx eNom customer service email: GoogleClients@enom.com or GoogleClients@godaddy.com

Write this password down, because you’re going to need it when you email Google for your “Authorization Code”. Send an email to the address you see on the screen above, it could be either of those addresses shown. Tell them you are the owner of http: //www. xyzYourDomain.com and you need the authorization code to transfer your domain to a new registrar. Write in the password show above also. This will be all they need to unlock your domain, and email the transfer code to you. It may take a few hours to a day to get the email.

Once you do, copy the Authorization Code and go back into your GoDaddy.com account and go to the “My Domains” tab where you can manage your domain names. In the upper left, you will see another 4 tabs that read “Domain Names” | “Buy/Sell” | “Tools” | “Help”. Roll over the “Domain Names” tab and select “Pending Transfers” from the dropdown list. You should now see the domain name you are trying to transfer. Click the checkbox next to the domain name and on the left portion of the page you will see an “Authorization” button. Roll over Authorize and select “Begin Transfer Authorization”. Find that email GoDaddy sent you before, which contains a Transfer ID & Security Code and enter those numbers into the appropriate boxes which should now be showing. Click “Next” and select that it is ok to transfer. Now enter the holy Google Authorization you were emailed. You should now be seeing a message that says “Accept Transfer at Current Registrar”. That’s it, it’s now out of your hands. Hopefully within the next 1-5 days, someone over at Google domains will press the button to finalize the transfer into your GoDaddy.com account. Once it’s been transferred, it will show in your “My Domains” section of your account, and you’re free to change DNS NameServers, forward it, or any of the other features.

Now doesn’t it feel good to be free and have control over your own domains? Good luck with your websites.

Before buying a domain name, it is important to understand the procedures of finding domain names. Plenty of options are available in this area. Finding domain names for sale can be done over the Internet. By searching the database by category you can find a range of possibilities.

As several types of domain names are available today, you must use creative and innovative methods in finding domain names for your business. When choosing a domain name, choose keyword that is best suited to identify your business, goods or service. This helps to attain more search engine results.

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A lot of companies are offering domain names at reasonable prices. Most of them offer consulting services in order to select the right domain name that suits the business requirements of the customers.

Before making an investment, consider the future of your domain. Also, maintain a record of expiration date, registration, names you registered, and so on.

If you Google, domain registration, you will be submersed into a plethora of different options. If you go in as an unknowing first-time domain-name buyer, you can have a confusing and costly experience. There are a few things you have to know when you Google – domain registration, let me tell you what cost you should pay, what upgrades to purchase and what to stay away from.

First off, stay away from the top 3 sites and the right column, this is advertising and they are paying big bucks to be there, probably the more expensive companies that will rip you off. Most of those places charge forty to seventy dollars a domain name, this is crazy, a domain should cost you about fifteen dollars when it is all said and done.

Do not buy any of the crazy upgrades unless you need them, what you do need to do is get hosting with your domain, actually do this first, so find a good host, then register your domain name as you sign up for hosting, then it is all connected and can be setup the fastest.

So do those 3 things and you will find a solid priced domain, have a fast setup by purchasing with hosting and not waste a bunch of money on nonsense upsells like email hosting, privacy, ssl, etc. You just need to find a good hosting company and when you go to sign up, it will ask if you have a current domain name or want to register a new one. Register your new domain with your new host, then your DNS will all be set correctly and you should have login information within an hour.