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I. I HAVE A DOMAIN NAME NOW!

If you currently own a domain that you wish to transfer to Netfirms, you have 2 options:

Option #1: DNS Transfer

You can point your domain to Netfirms nameservers This option will allow Netfirms to host your domain's website and email accounts. You will continue to be billed by the registrar you originally registered the domain with every time your domain name is up for renewal.

ns1.netfirms.com

ns2.netfirms.com

Once your domain is pointed to the above Netfirms nameservers, allow 24-72 hours for the changes to fully propagate throughout the Internet. This propagation time is standard for all domain registrars and once completed, your domain will be fully hosted by Netfirms.

Option #2: Registrar Transfer

If your domain is currently registered elsewhere but you would like to take advantage of Netfirm's lowest price domain renewal, you can choose to initiate a registrar transfer of your domain so that your domain will be billed/renewed by Netfirms.

To initiate a registrar transfer, click here for instructions.

II. I WANT TO WORK ON MY WEBSITE (HOSTING AT NETFIRMS)

If you are ready to work on your website, click here for instructions.

III. I WANT TO FORWARD MY WEBSITE TO ANOTHER LOCATION

You have several options to choose from. Please click here for details.

IV. HOW TO ADMINISTER MY DOMAIN

1. I Want To Change Or Update The Contact Information Displayed In My Domain's WHOIS Record

The administrative contact details should always reflect the rightful owner of the domain. The admin email address must be up-to-date, functioning, and accessible by the domain owner in order to be able to received notices about the domain's status or renewal. Refer to the instructions on how to change the "Administrative Contact" for your domain outlined here.

2. I Want to Make My Domain's Contact Information Private

.com and .net Domain Names
For .com and .net domains registered through Netfirms, you can make the contact information

displayed in your domain's WHOIS private for FREE! Follow the instructions here.

.ca Domain Names
For .ca domains, this feature is currently not available. Please refer to CIRA's privacy policy: http://www.cira.ca/en/privacypolicy.html

3. I Want to Lock or Unlock My Domain

.org, .com, .info, .biz, .net Domain Names

When locking is enabled for a domain, any requests to transfer the domain to another registrar or hosting company will automatically fail. This can be used to prevent fraudulent transfers of the domain, while locking is enabled.

Should you ever want to transfer the domain, or modify nameservers based on the domain, domain locking must first be disabled, before the relevant action is performed.

Refer to the instructions on how to lock or unlock your domain outlined here.

.ca Domain Names
There is no lock/unlock option for .ca domain names.

V. I WANT TO MOVE MY DOMAIN TO ANOTHER NETFIRMS HOSTING ACCOUNT

A domain can be moved between Netfirms account using either the Import or Export feature form the Netfirms Control Panel. Refer to the instructions here on how to move your domain.

For more information on how to manage your domain, click here.

VI. I WANT TO SET UP MY DNS RECORDS (A, MX, CNAME RECORDS)

A domain can be configured with a custom A, MX, and/or CNAME record. For detailed instructions, click here.

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