Domain Registrars

I don’t know about you, but I find it particularly annoying when a registrar domain transfer takes far longer than it should. In my opinion, if a domain name is transferred to another domain registrar, it should take no longer than a day to complete as long as all approvals are made by the transferring parties. Unfortunately, it can take up to 5 days for a transfer to be finalized.

Some domain registrars make it very easy to transfer domain names. I’ve transferred names from Enom to GoDaddy in just a few minutes. Unfortunately, I’ve found that some domain registrars seem to make it difficult, and it takes the full 5 days to go through. Perhaps they think that a customer will change his or her mind during that time period or maybe there are other reasons, but it’s frustrating to wait when I know it can be done more quickly.

If you sell a domain name and are awaiting the successful transfer to get paid or if you are consolidating your domain portfolio at one registrar and want it done more quickly, here’s a tip to speed up the domain transfer process.

As I was going through my domain name registrar accounts to change passwords due to the Heartbleed bug, I realized how fortunate I am to have domain names registered at just a few domain registrars. I don’t know how many domain registrars are vulnerable due to the bug, but I do know account security is one of (if not) the most critical components to a domain registrar.

If you are able to do so, I strongly recommend consolidating your domain names at one, two, or three domain registrars for a number of reasons, and I want to share five of them with you. If you have other reasons why you think consolidation is important, feel free to share a comment. If you disagree with me and feel that your domain names should be spread out amongst a variety of domain registrars, you are welcome to share your thoughts about that as well.

1) Account Security – The fewer domain registrar accounts you