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Transfer domain to iManila

Transfer domain to iManila

General Domain Transfer Steps and Tips
When you are transferring a domain registration from one Registrar to another, there are specific steps you will need to take to prepare your domain. Below are the details to prepare your domain for transfer with your current Registrar and then submit the transfer request with iManila.

Note: If your domain expired with your old Registrar and you renewed it with them, please do not transfer it within 45 days of the previous expiration date. Otherwise an extra year would not be added to your domain name since losing Registrar revokes renewal in such cases. And you’d lose renewal fees paid to the old Registrar.

Steps to transfer your domain registration to iManila:

  1. Verify that the domain name is eligible for transfer.
    To make sure your domain name can be transferred, sign in to your current Registrar and check the following:

    • The initial registration of the domain name was at least 60 days ago and the domain has been with your current Registrar for at least 60 days: Per ICANN’s Policy on Transfer of Registrations between Registrars, domains that are less than 60 days old or were transferred between Registrars within the last 60 days cannot be transferred. Please wait at least 60 days before transferring.
    • The domain name is not on hold with your current Registrar.
  2. Prepare your domain for transfer:
    • Disable Whois privacy protection tool or Private Registration for your domain;
    • Verify you have access to the email within the domain’s WHOIS Administrative contact;
    • Unlock your domain – remove the Registrar lock you may have set for added security;
    • Obtain the Auth/EPP code from the current Registrar:
      Auth/EPP codes are required for all .com, .net, .org, .us, .biz, .info, .me, .co, .io, .ca, .tv, .in, .mobi, .cc, .pe, .com.pe, .net.pe, .org.pe, .tech, .top, .party, .loan, .faith and other new gTLD domains. If you cannot request an EPP code in account with your Registrar, contact them and ask to provide it to you.
  3. Submit your transfer request eaither your account executive or through our iManila website.
  4. Check your email for the verification request:
    The email will be sent to the Administrative contact on your domain’s WHOIS. It is sent from ([email protected]) email address. This may take a few hours to arrive (and please be sure check your spam folders just in case). If you have not received this within a few hours of your initial request, please contact support for assistance.

After the transfer is approved via email from us, losing Registrars have 5 days to automatically release your domain(s).

More details on domain preparation & what can cause a transfer to fail.

There are a few things that will cause a domain transfer to fail. If you have followed the preparation steps, you have eliminated the majority of these possibilities. The information below will help you understand why you will take each of these steps:

Domain is not more than 60 days old or has been transferred within the last 60 days.
Per ICANN regulations, a domain that has been newly registered or transferred from one Registrar to another within the last 60 days is not eligible for transfer.

The domain is locked or on hold with the current Registrar.
Most domains will have a Registrar Lock in place for added security. We recommend you leave these in place unless you are transferring a domain from one Registrar to another. You should have access to remove these directly within your account at your Registrar. If you do not, contact their help department for assistance;
If the domain has a hold in place, it will be reflected in the domain status when you do a WHOIS lookup. These are usually put in place at either the registry or Registrar level. You will not have direct access to remove these and will need to contact the loosing Registrar for assistance in removing.

Issues with your WHOIS contact information or not receiving the email for verification of the transfer.
Each domain transfer you initiate will require you to verify the transfer. In most cases this verification is completed by clicking a link within an email. This email is sent to the WHOIS contact email. Take a moment to make sure you have access to the registrant and administrative email address.

Note: Some Registrars consider any changes to the Registrant contact information to be an “internal transfer” and may reject any transfer requests for 60 days after changes to the Registrant contact information. If your current WHOIS information is not correct, check with your current Registrar’s Terms and Conditions to see if updating your Registrant contact details are considered an internal transfer.

  1. From the Start screen, click or search for Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager and open it.
  2. Click on the server name.
  3. From the center menu, double-click the “Server Certificates” button in the “IIS” section (it is in the middle of the menu).
  4. Next, from the “Actions” menu (on the right), click on “Create Certificate Request…” This will open the Request Certificate wizard.
  5. In the “Distinguished Name Properties” window, enter the information as follows:Common Name – The name through which the certificate will be accessed (usually the fully-qualified domain name, e.g., www.domain.com or mail.domain.com).Organization – The legally registered name of your organization/company.

    Organizational unit – The name of your department within the organization (frequently this entry will be listed as “IT,” “Web Security,” or is simply left blank).

    City/locality – The city in which your organization is located.

    State/province – The state in which your organization is located.

    Country/region – The standard code for each country.

  6. Click Next.
  7. In the “Cryptographic Service Provider Properties” window, enter the following information and then, click Next:Cryptographic service provider – In the drop-down list, select Microsoft RSA SChannel…, unless you have a specific cryptographic provider.
    Bit length – In the drop-down list, select 2048 (or higher).
  8. Click the … box to browse to a location where you want to save the CSR file. If you just enter a filename without browsing to a location, your CSR will end up in C:\Windows\System32.Remember the filename that you choose and the location to which you save it. You will need to open this file as a text file and copy the entire body of it (including the Begin and End Certificate Request tags) into the online order process when prompted.
  1. Open the ZIP file containing your certificate. Save the file named your_domain_name.cer to the desktop of the web server you are securing.
  2. From the Start screen, click or search for Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager and open it.
  3. Click on the server name.
  4. From the center menu, double-click the “Server Certificates” button in the “IIS” section (it is in the middle of the menu).
  5. From the “Actions” menu (on the right), click on “Complete Certificate Request…” This will open the Complete Certificate Request wizard.
  6. Browse to your_domain_name.cer file that was provided to you. You will then be required to enter a friendly name. The friendly name is not part of the certificate itself, but is used by the server administrator to easily distinguish the certificate. Choose to place the new certificate in the Personal certificate store.
  7. Clicking “OK” will install the certificate to the server.
  8. Once the SSL Certificate has been successfully installed to the server, you will need to assign that certificate to the appropriate website using IIS.
  9. From the “Connections” menu in the main Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager window, select the name of the server to which the certificate was installed.
  10. Under “Sites,” select the site to be secured with SSL.
  11. From the “Actions” menu (on the right), click on “Bindings…” This will open the “Site Bindings” window.
  12. In the “Site Bindings” window, click “Add…” This will open the “Add Site Binding” window.
  13. Under “Type” choose https. The IP address should be the IP address of the site or All Unassigned, and the port over which traffic will be secured by SSL is usually 443. The “SSL Certificate” field should specify the certificate that was installed in step 7.
  14. Click “Ok”
  15. Your first SSL certificate is now installed, and the website configured to accept secure connections.
  16. Repeat the steps for creating a CSR for your 2nd+ site.
  17. Install the certificate file as mentioned above, up through step 12.
  18. Under “Type” choose https. The IP address should be the IP address of the site or All Unassigned, and the port over which traffic will be secured by SSL is usually 443. Enter the host name you will be securing and check the box that says Require Server Name Indication. This is required for all additional sites (not required on the primary site as shown in step 13) The “SSL Certificate” field should specify the certificate that was installed in step 7 for your additional certificate.
  19. Click “OK.”
  20. Your second SSL certificate is now installed, and the website configured to accept secure connections.
  21. Repeat steps sixteen through nineteen to set up any other additional sites.

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