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CNAME Records

Aliases are intended to redirect all DNS based traffic for one domain to another e.g.: domains.yourdomain.com to www.pickaweb.co.uk

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Who is the Technical Contact?

The person or organization that makes technical decisions about the Domain Name. This is the person who handles the technical aspects of your domain, such as hosting your web site as well as making decisions regarding IP addresses, and authoritative name servers for the Domain Name.

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Who is the Administrative Contact?

This person is authorized to make decisions on behalf of the owner and perform most domain management functions on behalf of the owner. The administrative contact is also the person or organization that answers legal questions about the Domain Name. Generally the owner or an authorized person from your company is the administrative contact.

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Who are the contacts for a Domain Name?

When you register a Domain Name you are required to nominate the administrative, technical and billing contacts for your domain. These contacts can be individuals other than the owner.

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What details do you need to register a domain?

We need the name, address and contact details of the person or company the domain name is to be registered to.

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What is an A record?

An “A” record, also called an “address” record, ties a domain name to an IP address. If there is a server on the Internet that is configured to handle traffic for this domain, you can enter the name of the domain (like www.yourdomain.com) and the IP address of the server (like “208.95.05.239″), and almost immediately, anyone surfing to that domain connects to the correct server.

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How do I change the DNS?

If your domain name was registered through Pickaweb you will be able to manage your domain name through Manage Domain Name

You can change the name servers of your domain name at Manage Domain Name If you cannot remember your username and password please enter your domain name without www at http://www.pickaweb.co.uk/getpassword.html and details will be emailed to you in approx 5 min. Name server changes take 24-48 hours to take effect.

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Transferring a .com domain to Pickaweb

  1. You need to order a transfer service from us (and any additional service eg: hosting ) at http://www.pickaweb.co.uk/placeorder.htm
  2. We will email you a transfer request which you need to approve.
  3. You need to make sure that you are the admin email contact for your domain name because you need to approve that transfer request. You can verify who is the admin email is by doing a WHOIS SEARCH
  4. If you are not the admin email contact for the domain name you will need to contact the company you registered the domain name with and request the change of that email address. We cannot email the request to any other email address other than the admin email contact as this is a security measure for domain name owners.
  5. Wtih .com, .net and .org transfers you will now require Authorization Codes. In the auth code field of the transfer request form insert RRP (must be all upper case) as the Auth Code. If this does not work, then the Domain Owner must contact the current registrar for the Auth Code.

To request the immediate transfer of your domain name to Pickaweb, Click here >>

You cannot transfer a domain if :

  1. The domain has already been (registered or transferred) less than 60 days ago with another registration company.
  2. Your previous registrar has the name locked for either non-payment, or at your request.
  3. The domain has already passed its expiration date or is about to expire within 20 days.
  4. You do not have access to the registered Admin Contact E-mail for your domain, or the person listed on your domain’s Admin Contact email doesn’t approve the transfer within 5 days after initial transfer request.

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Transferring a UK Domain to Pickaweb

If you have a UK domain name (.co.uk, .org.uk) registered through another company you can transfer your domain name to Pickaweb by contacting the company where you registered your domain name. The transfer to Pickaweb is FREE although you should check with your current domain name company if they charge any release fees.

  • Request the IPS tag change of your domain name to TUCOWS-CA
  • Let us know once that is done and it shows when doing a WHOIS SEARCH and we will add your domain name to our system. Please email Support to notify us (this is very important. Failure to do so may result in your domain name being detagged). We will notify you when the domain has been added to our system.
  • Once your domain name is in our system you will be able to manage your domain name thorugh Manage Domain Name

To request the immediate transfer of your domain name to Pickaweb, Click here >>

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Is the domain name mine?

Yes. The domain name will be registered in your name and you have rights to use it for hosting, emails etc.

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