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Which resources may stop working if a domain registrar changes ?

[1] As reference to [2]....

It is the trusteed ISP Opalstack

https://opalstack.com/

which

  • powers our PHP-FPM web sites
  • keeps SSL certificates updated
  • handles emais
  • provides GUI and API
  • offers VPS platform
  • supports in tech problems

[2]
Which of above resources managed
by Opalstack might get offline, stop
working, if a domain registrar would
make mistakes or mislead to move
to untested platform ?

  • web pages ?
  • SSL certificates ?
  • emails ?
  • nameservers ?
  • something else ?

[3]
Is it so that our PHP-FPM proccesses
would keep on running ?

[4]
Would the above resources start
automatically once the new domain
registrar get its problems solved ?

[5]
Even if the move to a new domain
registrar would go smootly, is
it so that we needed to tune

ns1.us.opalstack.com
ns2.us.opalstack.com
ns3.us.opalstack.com
ns1.sg.opalstack.com
ns2.sg.opalstack.com
ns3.sg.opalstack.com
ns1.de.opalstack.com
ns2.de.opalstack.com
ns3.de.opalstack.com

and for each domain !?

Thanks in advance for any advice!

ps1: no company names mentioned
as obliged by the rules of this forum


ps2: domain registrar X owned by Z
wanted us to move from their platform
to domain registrar Y (brand owned
by Z) which would require transferring
our domains and because each
transaction means buying a domain
for one or two years (even if aready paid)
the move
would become very expensive
&
as I questioned above how risky is it ?

    dragonxi If your domains are already configured to use Opalstack name servers, transferring from your current registrar to a new one wouldn't pose any risk. As a general rule, receiving registrars will preserve the existing name servers during a domain transfer process, so you won't need to manually set the name servers for each domain after the transfer completes. For extra safety, you may want to contact the specific receiving registrar of your choice and ask them to confirm this before initiating the domain transfer process.

      What does any domain registrar change
      technically mean ?

      What kind of changes in the www ?

      How does ICANN see this change ?

      Opalstack name manages domain
      nameservers, which I can for example
      ping with GeoPing but were are those
      domain registrar computers and how
      to ping them ?

      Or does the domain registrar change
      practucally mean that only the
      database of registrar Z is moved
      to the database of registrar Y ?

      Why does domain registrar X owned by Z
      want us to move from their platform
      to domain registrar Y (brand owned
      by Z) which would require transferring
      our domains and due to the fact each
      domain transfer means one has to buy
      one or two years (even if aready paid)
      more which would become very expensive ?

      If the above is true and if company
      Z owns both X and Y then we ended
      up paying heavy price for a fake
      operation !?

      Where is trap ?

      Thanks for your advice!

      • sean replied to this.

        dragonxi What does any domain registrar change technically mean ?

        It means that your domain and related metadata are stored at the new registrar and that the new registrar is responsible for publishing your NS info to the top level servers for your domain's TLD.

        dragonxi What kind of changes in the www ?

        I don't understand this question.

        dragonxi How does ICANN see this change ?

        The registrar reports it to ICANN per the Registrar Accreditation Agreement. That document includes the responsibilities of the domain registrar as well as your own rights and responsibilities as a domain registrant.

        dragonxi Opalstack name manages domain nameservers, which I can for example ping with GeoPing but were are those domain registrar computers and how to ping them ?

        You should be able to get that information from your registrar.

        dragonxi Or does the domain registrar change practucally mean that only the database of registrar Z is moved to the database of registrar Y ?

        I wouldn't say that "the databases is moved" is an accurate way to describe it, it's more like "the information about your domain is moved from the database of registrar Z into the database of registrar Y".

        dragonxi Why does domain registrar X owned by Z want us to move from their platform to domain registrar Y (brand owned by Z) which would require transferring our domains and due to the fact each domain transfer means one has to buy one or two years (even if aready paid) more which would become very expensive ?

        My guess is because brand Z wants to make more money.

        If you have a complaint about your domain registrar then you should bring it to their attention or discuss it in their own forum as it is unrelated to Opalstack. You might get better insights into whatever your complaint is from other customers who are using your registrar.

        If you are not satisfied with your registrar's response to the issue and believe that they are doing something that might violate the previously-linked accreditation agreement then feel free to report them to ICANN. The following links might be helpful:

                    Z wants to make more money is also
                    my guess.

                    $2K transfer fee to move our
                    domains to a "new" platform owned
                    by Z, supported by cheaper outsourced
                    programmers outside USA and a "new"
                    team with the same "can't fix the bug"
                    answer wouldn't be money well spent.

                    Whereas receipt from Opalstack received
                    yesterday and the support
                    via email and in this forum
                    equals to me money well spent.

                    I know now how to proceed,
                    thanks to Opalstack team!

                    One guy gave me the
                    following advice:
                    "When you are dealing with the
                    crooks, you have to think like a crook!"

                    (Above advice doesn't mean you have
                    to act like a crook).

                    Z seems to be a crook.

                    .ai obviously attracts "ships"
                    such as the one owned by Z

                    • full of pirates!

                    Safe surfing in the Caribbean
                    to all fellows in this forum !

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