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« on: October 05, 2008, 08:31:02 AM »
hi not sure if this is in the correct section so please feel free to move it.

i know  of someone in the same business as me who is giving up i have asked to buy their website if he says yes how do i go about transferring it into my name?

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« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2008, 09:26:54 AM »
Use 301 redirects.

You need to keep the site 'hosted' somewhere and use 301 redirects to redirect their old pages to you pages. Of course if their content is any good you might want to integrate it into your site too.
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« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2008, 11:51:18 AM »
Just open one account in which he is holding his domain and from there he will transfer that domain to your account. I have used this when I have bought a dead website with good keyword.
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« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2008, 10:22:06 AM »
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Use 301 redirects.

Ash has answered with the exact course of action. Just make sure that any re-directs that are setup are proper 301s. You can do this by verifying the returned status codes. http://www.seochat.com/seo-tools/check-server-headers/

Also, try and find out if the site is hosted on a linux server with apache, if it isnt then you may have to move the hosting. This will make the mass redirects easy to setup using htaccess.
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« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2008, 01:32:06 PM »
"blank look on face Huh? slowly moving had over head"

i have found the people he registered the site with trough whois i emailed them but as yet have had no reply i will let you know how it goes but as with most tinternet things i have no idea
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« Reply #5 on: October 06, 2008, 01:55:37 PM »
Quote from: pest control on October 06, 2008, 01:32:06 PM
"blank look on face Huh? slowly moving had over head"

i have found the people he registered the site with trough whois i emailed them but as yet have had no reply i will let you know how it goes but as with most tinternet things i have no idea

Has this guy agreed to sell it to you? If he has then its simply a case of:
  • giving him the money
  • getting all the info you need from him (ftp details, name of the registrar etc)
  • contact the registrar
  • asking them to change the registration details on the domain
  • contacting the hosting company and asking them to update the account details
  • find out what the hosting package is (windows or linux)
  • come back here, post the new domain and ask us how you redirect it to your main site...
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« Reply #6 on: October 06, 2008, 02:23:58 PM »
cheers for that i have just received an email from the registrar. i think they are going to contact him and check i'm who i say i am
thanks again for the help
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