I currently have a database-driven, revenue-generating website with three email addresses that I wish to transfer from GoDaddy to Winhost. The transfer of the database and web pages should be straightforward. I'll set up a hosting account, copy the pages, set up the database and import the data. Once I've tested the site, I believe it's just a matter of changing the nameservers. Is that correct? Do I need to change the A record also? I am not certain how to handle the email accounts. I have free email accounts with GoDaddy because of the hosting plan. When I cancel that plan, I need to set up those email accounts with Winhost instead. Is that a change to the MX record at GoDaddy? Finally, the domain name itself is up for renewal in April. What I would like to do is transfer the name to Winhost and handle the renewal there. How would I go about that? Thank you for your time.
Just keep the domain with godaddy and continue to pay them for the domain renewal. To get your domain to resolve to us, instead of messing with the A records/mx records, just update the domain name servers to point to us. Check this: http://support.Winhost.com/KB/a512/name-server-update-information-domains-registered-with.aspx We provide email service with our hosting. You can set up your email accounts with us.
