WHAT HAPPEN TO A WEBSITE WHEN YOU TRANSFER THE DOMAIN TO ANOTHER HOSTING?

Imagine your website as a house, and the domain name as the house’s address. This address tells people where to find your house (or website) on the internet. Now, hosting is like the piece of land where your house sits. It’s where all your website’s files, images, and content live so that when someone types in your address (domain name), they can see your house (website).

When you decide to transfer your domain to another hosting, it’s a bit like deciding to move your house to a different piece of land. Here’s what happens in simple steps:

1. Preparation: Choosing a New Location

   : Before you move your house, you first decide where you want to move it. You look for a new piece of land (a new hosting provider) that suits your needs better, maybe because it’s bigger, more secure, or just cheaper.

2. Packing Up: Preparing for the Move

   : Once you’ve chosen your new land, you’ll start packing up all your belongings (your website files, databases, and emails) to get ready to move them to the new location.

3. Updating the Address: Informing the Postal Service

   After you’ve secured the new land, you need to update your address with the postal service so your mail knows where to go. In the website world, this means updating your domain’s DNS (Domain Name System) settings. DNS settings act like the internet’s phone book and tell the internet where to find your website. You update these settings to point to your new hosting provider’s servers, so when someone types in your website’s address, it leads them to the new location where your files are now stored.

4. Moving Day: Transitioning to the New Site

   Once your DNS settings are updated (which can take a bit of time to propagate or spread across the internet), your site officially lives on the new piece of land. Visitors typing in your domain name will now be directed to your website hosted on the new provider’s servers.

5. Settling In: Adjusting to the New Environment

   After the move, you’ll probably spend some time setting things up at your new location, making sure everything is working as it should, and perhaps taking advantage of new features or services your new hosting provider offers.

It’s important to note that moving your domain to another hosting doesn’t necessarily mean you’re changing your domain registrar (the organization where your domain name is registered). You can keep your domain registration with the original registrar and just point the DNS settings to the new host, or you can transfer your domain registration to the new host entirely, consolidating your domain and hosting management.

In essence, transferring your domain to another hosting is like moving your website’s home from one location to another, making sure that all the signs (DNS settings) point to the new location so your visitors can find you without any issues.