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Easyspace is a popular UK hosting company, offering Domain Registration and Domain Name Hosting from as little as £4.75 per year.

Transfering your domain name AWAY from Easyspace is not so cheap.

During a recent domain name purchase, it came to light that the seller did not want to pay the £49 domain name transfer fee imposed by Easyspace.

How to transfer a Domain Name Away From Easyspace?

To move a domain name from Easyspace to another Domain Name Registrar (domain registration company) you need to change the Nominet IPS TAG. To see the IPS TAG on a domain name do a WHOIS lookup, this will show you the current registration information on the domain name.

You can look it up here.

Under where it says "Enter Domain Names (one per line) to check current status" type in your domain name and click "submit domain query".

Where is says:

Whois Results:

Domain Name Status WhoIs Register
yourdomain.co.uk Registered Whois Taken

click on "Whois"

Check for this:

Registrant's agent:
Easyspace Ltd [Tag = EASYSPACE]
URL: http://www.easyspace.com

This confirms your Domain Name is with Easyspace. (TAG means IPS TAG).

To change your IPS TAG

Login to the Easyspace ServiceCentre
Select Domain Management
Select Domain
Select Transfer Management
Click Transfer a domain FROM Easyspace
Click Proceed
Select domain and enter new host, IPS TAG, payment details for the £49 release fee
Click Proceed

If you receive the error message : "Error: Invalid parameter for 'IPSTAG transfer'"
you need to check with your new hosting company what their IPS TAG is or check with Nominet, the UK registration authority.

Once the IPSTAG has been changed to the new Hosting Company, all Domain Name Administration and renewal fees will be through them.

Link to Easyspace Transfer Page: click here

This list is for guidance only, please confirm any costs directly with the hosting company.