I thought that I should probably go through the domain moving process. It’s time consuming but easy since the Domain Registrant is the same place that I host my domains. This domain (kweaver.org) is a bit different as I do my exchange mail and have Typepad account on it.
I did kweaver.us first, as it has no email associated with it. Just a site where I put "stuff" I might want to share. It’s also my way to keep puppy mill people from posting stuff on it (unlike kweaver.org which I don’t own).
I sent an email to my hosting service (myhosting.com). I do have an affliate account with them — here’s a nice promotion:
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Once I sent an email to them requesting the change, they did ask for some domain information (made the other’s easier since it was the same, and I did them about one at a time.
I had to go to the GoDaddy site and unlock the domain and had to request that they send me an authorization code. I got an email that sent me to a site that asked for the authorization code.
Then I had to wait for the process. GoDaddy did send a few messages trying to tempt me back. I even sent an email to support@godaddy.com telling them why I was leaving.
It takes about 2 weeks to accomplish and I didn’t notice any interruption in service. I did have a few days without email when I did the first exchange and I’ll let you know what happens with kweaver.net