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Sonic.net provides domain name registration services to it's
customers. You can transfer existing
domains away from a current registrar (like Network Solutions)
and you can register new domain names.
A Domain Registrar is a company
that allows you to register domain names. Domain registrars maintain
data associated with domain names. This data includes the domain
contact information and the name server records that allow the domain name
to be visible across the Internet. Domain registrars must be
accredited by ICANN (the Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers).
Until recently, Network Solutions was the only company that could
register domain names. Now however, many companies compete to
proved internet user with registration services.
Sonic.net can transfer your domain
names from their current registrar (like Network Solutions) to Sonic's
OpenSRS system using our domain
transfer tool. If you have one or more domain names
registered, transferring those domains to Sonic will provide you with substantial
savings & better service.
No lost registration time:
You probably have registration time remaining with your current registrar
for the domain names you want to transfer. Sonic.net
will migrate this remaining time to our system. You will not loose
any of the registration time you have already paid for.
Email Confirmations: After you
complete the registrar transfer program, an email will be sent to the
domain's administrative contact of
record. The admin contact must respond to this confirmation email in
order for the transfer to complete. The confirmation process along
with other important transfer information will be provided to you after
using the domain
transfer tool.
Any downtime associated with any type of change to a domain name revolves
around one thing -- Name Server changes!
Therefore, if the name servers are not changing as part of the registrar
transfer, there will be no down time.
Most Sonic customers are already using Sonic name servers and will experience
zero downtime. For those customers who have domains hosted
elsewhere, you can choose to leave your name servers as they are during
the transfer process. In this case too, there will be zero
down time.
Customers who are not using Sonic
name servers will have the option to
switch to Sonic name servers during the transfer process. If you
select this option, called DNS, the
registry name server records for your transferring domain will be changed
to Sonic name servers once the registrar transfer completes.
In these cases, there may be a period of name server propagation.
During this period, people who have recently visited your website or sent
you email may have cached copies of your old name server data.
People using this cached data will still be using your old name servers
even though the new name servers are in place. This cached data typically
expires within 24 hours.
To minimize this propagation effect, it is a good idea to keep things
up and running with your current hosting company for a few days.
That way, those few people using cached data will still be able to get to
your old site and mail servers. After 24 to 48 hours everyone will
be using Sonic name servers and you can safely close your old hosting
accounts.
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During the domain transfer process, you will be given the option to
purchase Multi-Homed
Web Hosting service for your domain name. A
Multi-Homed web site receives a dedicated IP address and your web
pages are served off of our redundantly configured and load-balanced
web servers providing a reliable, high speed hosting solution. |
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Sonic Transfer pricing: When you
transfer a domain name from your existing registrar to Sonic.net,
you will receive one additional year of registration. This registry
requirement ensures you have at least one year, after the transfer, before
your domain name comes up for renewal. The prices listed below cover
the cost of the transfer plus the one additional year of domain name
registration. It's a great deal.
| Type
of Domain |
Transfer
Fee |
Service
Price |
| Domain Transfers and Renewals: |
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| .COM -- (includes 1 year of
domain registration) |
$15.00 |
$25.00 / YEAR |
| .NET -- (includes 1 year of domain
registration) |
$15.00 |
$25.00 / YEAR |
| .ORG -- (includes 1 year of domain
registration) |
$15.00 |
$25.00 / YEAR |
| .INFO -- (includes 1 year of
domain registration) |
$15.00 |
$25.00 / YEAR |
| .BIZ -- (includes 1 year of
domain registration) |
$15.00 |
$25.00 / YEAR |
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| Optional Domain Services: |
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| DNS ( switches domain to Sonic
name servers) |
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$1.95 / MONTH |
| Multi-Homing (IP based web
hosting) |
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$19.00 / MONTH |
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