About to Transferring Ownership of Domain

I'm about to buy a .com domain from someone in Korea and wondered if
anyone could give me some help or advice before I go ahead.
I've done a whois lookup and everything seems to be ok (although I'm
not too sure what to look for). I've agreed the price with the seller
and will send the money in the next day or 2.

It seems strange that the seller would own this domain in the first
place given it's name but maybe it's just a money-making thing for
them.

I think I need to:
a) buy the domain which will give me the registration/auth code
b) transfer ownership to me (probably using nameroute.com)
c) arrange hosting (probably using hostroute.com)

I did a dummy run using the Domain transfer form in nameroute and got
to the point where I had to confirm payment details then stopped. Up
to that point it hadn't asked me to confirm the auth code or anything
to prove I'm allowed to transfer. Would that have been the step after
making payment?

Thanks.

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(E-Mail Removed) wrote :
>> I'm about to buy a .com domain from someone in Korea and wondered if
>> anyone could give me some help or advice before I go ahead.
>> I've done a whois lookup and everything seems to be ok (although I'm
>> not too sure what to look for). I've agreed the price with the seller
>> and will send the money in the next day or 2.
>>
>> It seems strange that the seller would own this domain in the first
>> place given it's name but maybe it's just a money-making thing for
>> them.
>>
>> I think I need to:
>> a) buy the domain which will give me the registration/auth code
>> b) transfer ownership to me (probably using nameroute.com)
>> c) arrange hosting (probably using hostroute.com)
>>
>> I did a dummy run using the Domain transfer form in nameroute and got
>> to the point where I had to confirm payment details then stopped. Up
>> to that point it hadn't asked me to confirm the auth code or anything
>> to prove I'm allowed to transfer. Would that have been the step after
>> making payment?
>>
>> Thanks.

If you are going to use nameroute drop them an email it would be best if the
transfer was done by them from start to finish.

Chris






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On Jul 12, 6:13 pm, "Joker7" <sat_r...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Step...@mailinator.com wrote :
>
>
>
> >> I'm about to buy a .com domain from someone in Korea and wondered if
> >> anyone could give me some help or advice before I go ahead.
> >> I've done a whois lookup and everything seems to be ok (although I'm
> >> not too sure what to look for). I've agreed the price with the seller
> >> and will send the money in the next day or 2.
>
> >> It seems strange that the seller would own this domain in the first
> >> place given it's name but maybe it's just a money-making thing for
> >> them.
>
> >> I think I need to:
> >> a) buy the domain which will give me the registration/auth code
> >> b) transfer ownership to me (probably using nameroute.com)
> >> c) arrange hosting (probably using hostroute.com)
>
> >> I did a dummy run using the Domain transfer form in nameroute and got
> >> to the point where I had to confirm payment details then stopped. Up
> >> to that point it hadn't asked me to confirm the auth code or anything
> >> to prove I'm allowed to transfer. Would that have been the step after
> >> making payment?
>
> >> Thanks.
>
> If you are going to use nameroute drop them an email it would be best if the
> transfer was done by them from start to finish.
>
> Chris
>

I emailed nameroute but got an automated reply saying I need to
contact the registrar.

I've already emailed the seller for the authorisation (EPP?) code and
tried the transfer again but the domain is still locked. So I emailed
again asking him to unlock it. It's getting annoying now! It seems
like he/she works for a registration company or has his own company
and he's just registering & selling domains to mugs like me.
He must know the domain needs to be unlocked for the transfer to take
place.

Problem is I have to pay nameroute each time I try the transfer so I
hope they will give me a refund for the failed attempts.

Is there a difference between the owner and the registrar? If I've
bought the domain from this guy do I now 'own' it?

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(E-Mail Removed) wrote :
>> On Jul 12, 6:13 pm, "Joker7" <sat_r...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> Innews:
>>> 1184248667.101348.326__BEGIN_MASK_n#9g02mG7!__..._ _END_MASK_i?a63jfAD$z__@r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.c om-
>>> Step...@mailinator.com wrote :
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>> I'm about to buy a .com domain from someone in Korea and wondered
>>>>> if anyone could give me some help or advice before I go ahead.
>>>>> I've done a whois lookup and everything seems to be ok (although
>>>>> I'm not too sure what to look for). I've agreed the price with
>>>>> the seller and will send the money in the next day or 2.
>>>
>>>>> It seems strange that the seller would own this domain in the
>>>>> first place given it's name but maybe it's just a money-making
>>>>> thing for them.
>>>
>>>>> I think I need to:
>>>>> a) buy the domain which will give me the registration/auth code
>>>>> b) transfer ownership to me (probably using nameroute.com)
>>>>> c) arrange hosting (probably using hostroute.com)
>>>
>>>>> I did a dummy run using the Domain transfer form in nameroute and
>>>>> got to the point where I had to confirm payment details then
>>>>> stopped. Up to that point it hadn't asked me to confirm the auth
>>>>> code or anything to prove I'm allowed to transfer. Would that
>>>>> have been the step after making payment?
>>>
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> If you are going to use nameroute drop them an email it would be
>>> best if the
>>> transfer was done by them from start to finish.
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>
>> I emailed nameroute but got an automated reply saying I need to
>> contact the registrar.
>>
>> I've already emailed the seller for the authorisation (EPP?) code and
>> tried the transfer again but the domain is still locked. So I emailed
>> again asking him to unlock it. It's getting annoying now! It seems
>> like he/she works for a registration company or has his own company
>> and he's just registering & selling domains to mugs like me.
>> He must know the domain needs to be unlocked for the transfer to take
>> place.
>>
>> Problem is I have to pay nameroute each time I try the transfer so I
>> hope they will give me a refund for the failed attempts.
>>
>> Is there a difference between the owner and the registrar? If I've
>> bought the domain from this guy do I now 'own' it?



What is the WHOIS information saying ?


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