.co.uk Domain Names 

Want to transfer your .co.uk domain to us?

When you choose to transfer your domain name to Hosting & Web Solutions, we suggest that you update your domain name DNS (Domain Name Settings) first. If your domain name registrar offers a domain management interface you should login and make changes so your domain name points at our nameservers first, to see our nameserver information please visit our support section.

Please make sure your domain does not expire within the next 7 days, if it does you will need to renew your domain name at the current registrar then complete the transfer request below.

When the transfer process has begun, you will not be able to make any changes to your domain name until transfer is completed, transfers usually take 1 -7 days to complete.

The cost of the transfer is the same as the cost of new domain registration, however the transfer will extend the registration of domain name by 12 months of current expiry date.

The invoice must be paid before the transfer can start.

Please note that 'transferring a domain' means moving the billing of a domain only. This does not transfer your email accounts or website content, or automatically update the DNS. Please refer to our website transfer form page for moving your website to us.

Below are the steps to transferring your .CO.UK domain to Hosting & Web Solutions.

1. Contact your current hosting company, requesting that they change the current Registrant's Agent Tag (IPS Tag) to ours: HOSTINGANDWEBSOLUTIONS.COM
   Generally this will go through without any issue, however if it does not, due to inactivity or unwillingness on behalf of your current hosting provider, you can request that Nominet initiate the change for you.
2. Once the tag has been changed to us, we need to be explicitly requested to change the nameservers to our own.
3. Once we receive this request we will change the site's nameservers over to our own.
4. Domain transfers for .co.uk domains will usually transfer within one day, however you should allow up to 7 days to complete. No changes can be made to your domain name whilst the domain transfer is in progress.
5. When the process is completed you will receive an email from Hosting & Web Solutions confirming that the transfer of your domain was successful. If you don't get this email the transfer did not complete and you will need to contact us to find out why.

Definitions

IPS TAG
Each Nominet member has its own unique IPS TAG, normally viewable in the WHOIS output for your domain name (TAG = *****). Our IPS TAG is "HOSTINGANDWEBSOLUTIONS.COM".