transferring domain names and moving data

[BKLounger]

So more coding skills are pretty average but I am now in a position where i need to learn more web dev stuff. Such as currently one of my friends has a domain name with one hosting company, but we want to transfer that domain to my name on godaddy hosting. What would i have to do to transfer the domain? are there any charges involved? Lastly i want to be able to move the data from his site to the new host. Should i just be able to ftp all the files that are currently on his host for the site and move them to the new host and everything should be correct? or is there a bigger picture i am missing here?

 

[bluestrobe]

There's always a fee when changing a domain name between companies. The best way to find out is to contact the domain company where the domain name resides at now. Once you do that you can FTP your website in it's entirety to the new location. Only problems I could see are if your website had some IP specific scripts or external content but that's it.

 

[BKLounger]

nope nothing is ip specific i've already checked that. So once i contact the current host where the domain resides. Would I have to reregister the domain with godaddy. or once i find the current register company just set up hosting with godaddy instead.

 

[bluestrobe]

Originally posted by: BKLounger
nope nothing is ip specific i've already checked that. So once i contact the current host where the domain resides. Would I have to reregister the domain with godaddy. or once i find the current register company just set up hosting with godaddy instead.

Both of those questions will have to be answered by the respective companies. I would contact each one and ask the. Sorry I couldnt be more help.