I have a .co.uk domain name, and have recently changed hosting to a US company. It is expensive to transfer this domain to the new host and therefore, I am interested to know if I can keep it registered with my previous provider whilst having web hosting from elsewhere .
Hi Michael,
No matter what domain name you have (including .co.uk), yes, you can keep it registered with company A while hosting your site with company B.
All you need to do is to modify the mandatory pairs of name servers within your domain account into your web host’s name servers.
That’s what we called "pointing domain name to a third party web host (web space)" or "changing DNS (domain name server)".
The pair of name servers generally comes in these format:
ns127.hostingserver.com
ns128.hostingserver.com
You should be able to find that name servers info on your hosting panel after you log into your hosting account. Or you can directly check with your web host’s customer support instantly if they provide 24/7 live chat and phone support. If they don’t, email them.
You need not get the IPS tag of your web host unless you want to transfer your .co.uk domain name to the web host. If you transfer, some may incur admin fee in addition to the transfer cost. But since you’re not transferring, simply changing DNS won’t cost you a penny.
For a complete guide on how to point any domain name to a third party web host, you can refer to the source below. It’s very easy to carry out the domain pointing.
Hope that helps.
Wisely