There are other web host providers that also offer the same package as those of iPage. Unfortunately some website owners may have problems with the web host’s uptime especially when it affects the website of a customer.

This has led to website owners wanting to transfer from their old web host provider to a new one.

FatCow

FatCow has an excellent reputation of being affordable as well as having an easy to use control panel. But there are some website owners who prefer another web host provider since it is a better match for their requirements.

Level of transferring Difficulty

Transferring a website from a web host provider to another may be considered from easy to difficult. But this is not the case when transferring from FatCow since it only requires an online configuration of the host accounts.

This can be easily done by transferring only the domain name without the need to transfer the website’s entire database as well as all the files.

This means that the server will only be changed and that the visitors will not notice much difference in performance wince the website will need to go through a downtime while the switch is currently in progress.

Transferring Domains

The main requirement is that you will need to register the domain name with the new web host provider while cancelling the old one. This means that it may take a few days before the transfer of domain names may be successfully completed from FatCow.

It further means that the registration with FatCow will need to be unexpired until the time it is transferred or you can inform the tech support team of the website transfer intent.

Steps to Transfer

The first step is to make sure that the domain name currently registered with FatCow is unlocked. This is the default since it is to make sure that the website is secured from being hacked by unknown people. This can be done by manually unlocking the domain name under the following steps.

You will need to first log in with “DomainCentral.”

The next step is to look for the domain that you want to transfer and expand its settings.

Look for the “Overview” tab so that you can click the “Security” tab.

You will need to look for the “Unlock Domain” button so that it can be chosen.

You will see a prompt that indicates that the domain name has already been unlocked.

Look for the “Disable Domain Privacy” button to click it.

A red “Disabled” word will appear on the top right portion of the tab.

But you need to make sure that all the information are correct such as your email address. This can be found on the “Contact” tab and you will need to check that all the information is still active.

After making sure that the domain name is unlocked, you will need to get the transfer authorization code from the old web host provider. This can be requested from the technical support team.

You will need to look for the domain name first and then click the “Transfer” tab.

The “Send Auth-info Code” button will also need to be clicked.

The code will be sent to your email address which is found in the “Contact” tab.

The ipage hosting account will need to be logged on.

Look for the hosting control panel so that the “DomainCentral” icon is opened.

Type in the domain name by selecting the “Add Existing Domain” and then clicking the “Add” button.

Look for the added domain name and open the domain settings dialog so that it can be expanded.

Type in the authorization code given by FatCow.

Click the “Transfer” button.

An email will be sent to your email address that contains additional instructions on how the transfer process can be completed.

Lock you domain name so that unwanted persons will not be able to transfer it.