There are two general processes that you have to work through if you want to transfer the ownership of a domain that you have initially registered through IPower Hosting.  According to IPower these steps can be done in any order, but I recommend this step first as it involves updating the official information with IPower’s own registrar Tucows (aka manage.opensrs.net ).  (For the Next Steps see our follow on Article Step 2)

Here are the steps according to IPower

To change the contact information for your domain, please refer to the steps given below:
1. Log into https://manage.opensrs.net/ with domain name, domain username and domain password.
2. Click on the ‘Admin Contact’ link.
3. Enter the new contact information. If you wish to apply the changes to Organization, Billing and Technical contact information too, check on the ‘Yes’ radio button available under the ‘Also Apply these changes to’ option.
4. Click on the ‘Save Configuration’ button.

Note, this will not change the credit card or billing information for the domain with your hosting or parked plan at IPower.  So if the domain being transferred comes up for renewal that renewal will process according to the original registrants IPower account through vdeck.

So if you sell your domain, and you do not change the account on IPower in addition to tucows, you could be automatically charged for the renewal of the domain, or the new domain owner could loose the domain if the renewal does not process at all!

See Step 2 to learn how to solve the billing dilemma.

Original Transcript from IPower relating to this aspect of Changing a Domain Name Ownership on an account.  (The rest of the transcripts are available in the Step 2 article)

info: You are now chatting with ‘IPower Rep with a Last Name for a First Name and a First name for a Last name’
Yours Truly: Hi IPower Rep with a Last Name for a First Name
IPower Rep with a Last Name for a First Name and a First name for a Last name: Hi Yours Truly. My name is IPower Rep with a Last Name for a First Name, how are you today?
Yours Truly: I need to transfer the ownership of a domain on my account to a different person. How do I do that?
IPower Rep with a Last Name for a First Name and a First name for a Last name: While reviewing your account, I have noticed that you have not yet set the Security Question for your account. To set the ‘Security Question’ for your account, please follow the steps given below:
IPower Rep with a Last Name for a First Name and a First name for a Last name: 1) Log into the Control Panel with your account username and password.
IPower Rep with a Last Name for a First Name and a First name for a Last name: 2) Click on the link ‘Set Security Question’ under Account Information section.
IPower Rep with a Last Name for a First Name and a First name for a Last name: 3) Click the ‘New Profile’ radio button.
IPower Rep with a Last Name for a First Name and a First name for a Last name: 4) Enter First Name, Last Name, and set the Security Question and Answer.
IPower Rep with a Last Name for a First Name and a First name for a Last name: 5) Click on the ‘Save’ button.
Yours Truly: I do in fact have a security question on my account
Yours Truly: I have had it there for quite some time.
IPower Rep with a Last Name for a First Name and a First name for a Last name: In order to assist you further, please set the Security Question for your account and provide us the answer for the Security Question.
Yours Truly: OK, done, so now I have a different (additional) problem. Why was my security information wiped out?
Yours Truly: This is not the first time, I’ve had to chat in regards to my account.
Yours Truly: I’ve been through the security question before.
IPower Rep with a Last Name for a First Name and a First name for a Last name: To protect your account from unauthorized changes, can you please verify for me the answer to the Security Question:
IPower Rep with a Last Name for a First Name and a First name for a Last name: What is the answer to your security question?
Yours Truly: My Answer to My secuirty question
IPower Rep with a Last Name for a First Name and a First name for a Last name: Thank you for the authentication.
Yours Truly: So why did my security question get wiped out?
Yours Truly: and how do I transfer the ownership on my account?
IPower Rep with a Last Name for a First Name and a First name for a Last name: Due to some technical glitch.
Yours Truly: ok, so how do I transfer the domain registration and remove a domain from my account?
IPower Rep with a Last Name for a First Name and a First name for a Last name: Could you please let me know whether you wish to change the ownership of the domain or account?
Yours Truly: I only want to change the ownership of the domain, my-own-domain.com and not the account nor any of the other domains on the account.
IPower Rep with a Last Name for a First Name and a First name for a Last name: In order to change the ownership of the domain, you need to change the contact e-mail address of the domain.
Yours Truly: will that create a new account then for my-own-domain.com?
Yours Truly: I do not want the new owner to have access to my other domains nor any of my credit or billing info.
IPower Rep with a Last Name for a First Name and a First name for a Last name: To change the contact information for your domain, please refer to the steps given below:
IPower Rep with a Last Name for a First Name and a First name for a Last name: 1. Log into https://manage.opensrs.net/ with domain name, domain username and domain password.
IPower Rep with a Last Name for a First Name and a First name for a Last name: 2. Click on the ‘Admin Contact’ link.
IPower Rep with a Last Name for a First Name and a First name for a Last name: 3. Enter the new contact information. If you wish to apply the changes to Organization, Billing and Technical contact information too, check on the ‘Yes’ radio button available under the ‘Also Apply these changes to’ option.
IPower Rep with a Last Name for a First Name and a First name for a Last name: 4. Click on the ‘Save Configuration’ button.

All things considered this part of the process (outside of IPower’s system) works very well and seems reliable unlike most acne scars creams.

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