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Question about Selling a Site.

by xDennis
6 replies
Hi,
I have a site registered with godaddy and hosted on my hostgator account (not a reseller account)

How easy is it to transfer the content + domain from me to someone who potentially purchases the site?

Thanks, sorry for the newb question.

Dennis
#question #selling #site
  • Profile picture of the author Marhelper
    If they have the same domain registrar (IE: Godaddy) then it is real simple. As far as moving the site itself, I use ftp. Real easy in most cases.
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  • Profile picture of the author SageSound
    if the site is like Wordpress or Joomla and it saves its data in a database, then that's more problematic than if it's just some files that you need to move.

    If you plan to sell sites, it's best to have a reseller account. You'd set it up as a separate account + domain, then when you sell it, you simply send them the login info for that account and push them the domain name. Takes 30 secs.

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  • Profile picture of the author xDennis
    So if they don't have any sites currently, they can just sign up for godaddy without buying a domain and I should be able to transfer the domain to them and then they can use their own hosting.. right?
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  • Profile picture of the author SageSound
    opening an acct with GD lets you get a domain name. No hosting is implied.

    That's another benefit about having a reseller account. You can give them 30 days to move the site, or charge them for a year of hosting. YOU don't need to do anything yourself.

    Also, you'll find that a lot of folks here (incl me) much prefer NameCheap to GD for domain registrations.
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    • Profile picture of the author francoza
      You have to push the domain...and this feature is available in go daddy.
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      • Profile picture of the author A Bary
        Pushing a domain from Godaddy account is really simple.

        If they have a Godaddy account, the push is instant, if not , it takes 3-5 days to complete.


        For moving the site files, you can read this tutorial made by a fellow Warrior:
        http://domainingdiva.com/website-fli...st-to-another/

        Cheers
        A Bary
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