Domain names and extensions.

Question: Which extensions can be used to register the domains using your service?
Question: Why should I register once more in "Domain names"?
Question: How to register a new domain?
Question: What to do if this is no enough money on the balance during domain registration?
Question: How can I view the registered domain name list?
Question: How to change Name Servers of domains?
Question: How can I renew the term of domain registration?
Question: How to trasfer a domain from one registrar to the other?
Question: How can I block/ unblock my domain? Why should I do it?
Question: Can I manage my domains in case of leaving your hosting?
Question: How to work with DNS?
Question: How can I view my site before changing DNS?
Question: Can I delete a domain myself from your DNS?
Question: How to park domains and subdomains?

Q: Which extensions can be used to register the domains using your service?
A: Domain names (domains) can be registered with
.com, .net, .org, .info, .biz, .us, .name extensions and with some others. More detailed information on extensions and free domains can be found here http://domains.hqhost.net/ You can register domains for their further usage in the control panel. You can read about it below .

Q: Why should I register once more in "Domain names"?
A: In case of leaving our hosting service you can manage your domains. In this case you'll get the access to the isolated domain name control panel for clients with tariff domains.

Q: How to register a new domain?
A: You have to do next:

  1. Log in the web hosting control panel .
  2. Enter "Domain names"
  3. If you aren't registered here, click "Register New Account".
    4. After that you can register domain names.
  4. Press the button "Register".
  5. Write the domain you'd like to register.
  6. Choose the extension.
  7. Click "Check".
  8. If you register your domain using our hosting you don't need to change a thing on the opened page. Otherwise you have to write Name Servers of your host.

If there is no required sum of money on your account balance for domain registration it won't be carried out and the domain will be available for other users.

After successful domain registration it'll appear in your web hosting control panel in "Domain Names" with the following features:
  • Name - is the name of the registered domain
  • Creation date - is the date of domain registration
  • Expiry date - is the date of domain name expiration
  • Name Servers 1 / 2 - are the name servers that you specify.
  • Status - is the status of the domain name (Active, Inactive, Suspended)
  • Lock - if the domain's blocked (yes) or if it's unblocked (blank field). If the domain is blocked no actions can be done as for example the modification of domain data, its transfer from one registrar to the other one.

Q: What to do if this is no enough money on the balance during domain registration?
A: You have to increase your balance and to register your domain again.

Q: How can I view the registered domain name list?
A: You have to log in the web hosting control panel enter "Domain Names".

Q: How to change Name Servers of domains?
A: Name Servers of the domain are written at the registrar and if you want to change them you have to do some actions in the registrar control panel. If you have registered your domain using our services, for changing Name Servers you have to do next:

  1. Log in the web hosting control panel
  2. Enter "Domain Names"
  3. Click - "Name Servers"

Q: How can I renew the term of domain registration?
A: You have to do next:

  1. Log in the web hosting control panel
  2. Be sure you've got enough money on your balance for doing these actions.
  3. Enter "Domain Names"
  4. Check if a cut-off of changes of domain names features is blocked. If the domain is blocked you have to unblock it.
  5. Click - "Renew".
  6. Choose the necessary period of domain renewal.
In case of successful domain renewal the date in the column "End Time" changes.

Q: How to trasfer a domain from one registrar to the other?
A: You have to do next:

  1. Log in the web hosting conrtol panel
  2. Have enough money on your balance for it.
  3. Enter "Domain names"
  4. Click - "Transfer".
Note: There are some features of domain names transfer:
  1. For domain names transfer registered in .biz, .info, .us, .org you may need "a secret word". It can be got from the owner of the domain name.
  2. When you are transfering a domain name it must already be registered for 60 days.
  3. When you transfer a domain name its validity term renews for a year. This service is paid that's why you must have enough money on your account balance.
  4. When you transfer your domain from one registrar to us its validity term renews for a year if a transfer action started within 45 days from the date of the last renewal.

Q: How can I block/ unblock my domain? Why should I do it?
A: If your domain is blocked you can't do next:

  • modify domain data
  • transfer it to the other registrar
  • renew the term of registration
If you want to block/ unblock a domain you have to do next:
  1. Log in the web hosting control panel
  2. Enter "Domain Names"
  3. Click - "Lock/Unlock".
If the domain is blocked there'll be "yes" in column Lock, otherwise the field is blank.

Q: Can I manage my domains in case of leaving your hosting?
A: Yes, you can. In this case you get an access to the control panel for those who don't use our hosting but register only domains.

Q: How to work with DNS?
A: Please Note!!! "DNS extension" is turned on only on client's request. Domain Names Service is resposible for transformation of the server name in its IP address. More details about it you may read here.
DNS Management consists of the list of extensions and their description consists of the list of records within every extension. Zone name coincides with the registered domain extension in general.
While adding sites in "Hosting" - "Sites" notes necessary for the site work are generated automatically in the extension:

mydomain.com A 964.267.99.99
www.mydomain.com A 964.267.99.99
mydomain.com MX mail2.hqhost.net
The last record describes work of the email processing server.
The record of the type NS describes name servers. For example, for creating affiliated name servers for a domain mydomain.com there must be fields 
ns0.mydomain.com A 964.267.37.72
ns1.mydomain.com A 964.267.41.94
mydomain.com NS ns0.mydomain.com
mydomain.com NS ns1.mydomain.com
besides affiliated name servers must be written at the domain registrar and name servers allocated at the specified addresses must display the right records for the extension. If affiliated name servers are created for a domain allocated on our hosting servers IP addresses must be specified ns0.hqhost.net and ns1.hqhost.net.

Q: How can I view my site before changing DNS?
A: It can be done in different ways:

  1. Use the service of our anonymous proxy server. Using it queries to the sites allocated on our hosting will be sent to our servers.
  2. Write the right IP address of the site and its name on the local computer in the file hosts adding a line like this 
    964.267.99.99 mydomain.com
    i.e. IP address of the domain and then its name. The place of the file hosts depends on the operating system:
    • Windows version NT (NT4, 2000, XP) - c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
    • Windows version 9x (95, 98, ME) - c:\windows\hosts
    • Linux, unix - /etc/hosts
    • Mac OS X 10.2 and above - /private/etc/hosts
  3. Use our name servers: ns0.hqhost.net и ns1.hqhost.net. Their name servers have be written in DNS Setup on the local computer.

Q: How to park domains and subdomains?
A: If you want to park a domain to the hosting you have to write the Name Servers of our hosting instead of your former ones: ns0.hqhost.net, ns1.hqhost.net
For domains registered for hosting clients it can be done in "Domain Names".
For allocating a site corresponding to the domain on the hosting you have to add it to "Hosting" - "Sites". Third level domains and "subdomains" are added in the similar way. After adding the site the necessary changes take place in the zone of the main domain name.

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