New To Flipping - Just How Easy Is It To Actually Transfer Domains/Sites To Buyers?

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I have decided to flip a number of established sites I have that I'm not actively promoting or building any more. I've been spending time researching the entire flipping process, and as a result am gaining a pretty good understanding of it.

One thing that does confuse, and even intimidate me, is the process of transferring a domain/site to a buyer after they have bought it. I've read a couple of guides, but they are mostly aimed at people who have hosting with Hostgator and Godaddy. My host is Just Host.

I was just wondering if you experienced flippers could give me a simple overview of this process, and put my mind at rest. All the sites I am going to flip are Wordpress sites. Also, they have free themes but my wife(who does all our design/appearance work and such) has edited the code/theme files quite substantially on 3 of them. Will this be a problem in terms of transferring the sites?

Many thanks in advice for any help and advice
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  • Profile picture of the author Adam Roy
    I have blue host as my hosting provider.

    I am also interested in how to transfer domains and complete websites to buyers.

    Any info on transferring domains and complete websites through bluehost would be appreciated and thanked!
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  • Profile picture of the author Marhelper
    It is really easy. Two things have really helped me out:

    1. Having a Godaddy acct for domains. I simply push the domain over .. takes minutes.

    2. I have a HG reseller acct which most buyers have to (at least those I have worked with). This makes the change in hosting real easy.
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  • Profile picture of the author ErnieB
    You could simply give them ftp access and they do the transfer themselves. Domain names are usually a simple "push" to the other persons account ( they would need an account at the same registrar ).
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  • Profile picture of the author E. Brian Rose
    I'm pretty sure that they won't work with you unless you have a PhD in quantum physics. You should really go back to school and re-approach the subject once you complete your thesis.
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  • Profile picture of the author Liam Hamer
    Originally Posted by precious007 View Post

    Every hosting provider / domain registrar is different .. I've had quite a few issues with BlueHost for example they have the worst user dashboard I've ever seen.

    As long as you know how to use a ftp., extract a database, import a data base, transfer a domain you should have any issues.

    Al.
    Although I'm not an expert in those areas, I think I know enough to get by
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    • Profile picture of the author marketingva
      Liam,

      My sites are on Just Host and they handled the transfer of all the domains I have sold. All I had to do was contact the support department and they helped.

      Bonnie
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      • Profile picture of the author Liam Hamer
        Originally Posted by marketingva View Post

        Liam,

        My sites are on Just Host and they handled the transfer of all the domains I have sold. All I had to do was contact the support department and they helped.

        Bonnie
        Hi Bonnie,

        That sounds really promising - do they do it for free? Also, are you talking about transferring within Just Host, or from Just Host to other registrars?
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  • Profile picture of the author ADD Guy
    I sold a site. The buyer got his own account with my registrar and I pushed it over to him. The file transfer is best done by setting up your buyer with an FTP password to the directory of the site you are selling.
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    How easy or how hard it is depends on how good you are at technical stuff. I think it's easy ... some say it's impossible.

    I've put together a document that tells you how to do it.
    http://domainingdiva.com/transfer.pdf
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  • Profile picture of the author johnben1444
    The hosting company should help you. Get in touch with them and find out what it entails.
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