Ask Slashdot: Smartest Way To Transfer an Old Domain/Site? 113
An anonymous reader writes "Back in early 95 I registered a domain name and built a website for a hobby of mine. Over time the website (and domain) name have built a small but steady stream of traffic but my interest in the hobby is essentially gone and I've not been a visitor to my own site in well over two years. I'd like to sell the site/domain to a long time member who has expressed interest in taking over and trying to grow the site, however I use the domain for my own personal email including banking, health insurance, etc. How have fellow readers gone about parting ways from a domain that they've used for an email address?" More generally, what terms would you like to include (or have you included) in a domain transfer? Old horror stories could help prevent new horror stories.
Re:Maybe (Score:5, Interesting)
If you absolutely want to give them the domain, then tell whoever to set up their own hosting and change the A records for the website to the new host while keeping the MX records and adding an old.example.com A record for people to access the old site while you transfer data between hosting companies. In the meantime, get a new domain and start updating everyone who emails you with your new address. After a suitable time (you no longer receive email at the old address), transfer the domain to this person.
As a bonus, it means that whoever is wanting to take over the domain is going to have to prove they're going to run it for several months. If they decide that it costs too much to run, flake out, or just turn it into a porn site, you can point the A record back and find someone else.