WHOIS Privacy is a service provided by Pickaweb.

Once a WHOIS Privacy is authorized by the Admin Contact, Pickaweb will update the public WHOIS Database information with generic information. Communication to the domain’s contacts can be made via www.contactprivacy.com.

If you are transferring from BulkRegister, here are some tips to help assure your transfer is successful

1) After you approve our confirmation email you will also receive a confirmation email from BulkRegister.
2) BulkRegister will send their confirmation email to “AdminContactVariable”.
3) You will have 72 hours to approve the email that BulkRegister sends you.
4) For .biz, .info or .org domains you must contact Alldomains to obtain your “Authcode” for the domain (needed for transfer).
url:http://www2.bulkregister.com/5-4ContactUs.shtml

As a Pickaweb Reseller you will be assigned your own custom nameservers in the following format:

ns.yourchosendns.com

ns2.yourchosendns.com

This allows the reseller to position themselves as the hosting company & to reinforce their brand to their customers. When the Reseller has set up the hosting account they just need to ask their clients to update their nameservers to their custom nameservers.

If the domain has been registered with Pickaweb the name servers can be updated at http://www.pickaweb.co.uk/cgi-bin/manage.cgi
This tutorial explains how to change the DNS http://www.pickaweb.co.uk/movies1/managedomain.htm

By using Custom Nameservers there is no mention of Pickaweb in the hosting control panel so the Reseller is able to reinforce their brand to their customers.

As a Pickaweb Reseller there are a number of advantages over standard shared hosting services. Many people will use a Reseller plan as a way of creating an additional and valuable recurring revenue stream. A good example would be a web designer who wants to generate a longer term relationship with his design customers. The reseller can purchase a bulk amount of diskspace and bandwidth and allocate this as they want to across their customers. They can create different levels of package (bronze, silver, gold, etc..) and charge each customer according to their needs.

Another great benefit of the Pickaweb Reseller Plan is that as long as the Reseller is within the disk space and bandwidth parameters they are free to utilise the resources however they wish. For example, they can create as many MySQL databases as they require. Other exmaples are domain parking, emails accounts, etc..

For more information on the Pickaweb Reseller service please go to http://www.pickaweb.co.uk/reseller-hosting.htm

Yes. Once you’ve ordered the hosting package of your choice we will send you your full web hosting instructions. We will also send you the Nameserver (DNS) settings that you need to apply to your domain name. All you need to do is to login to your domain name & make these changes.

If your domain name is registered through Pickaweb then you can manage your domain name at https://www.pickaweb.co.uk/cgi-bin/manage.cgi - if you do not have your details please use the forgotten password feature & your domain name login details will be sent immediately to you.

If your domain name is not registered through Pickaweb you will need to contact your domain name registrar & ask them for advice. Usually you will have a domain name management area similar to Pickaweb´s but if not, just contact your domain registrar´s support team & they will be able to assist you.

When you have have made your Nameserver changes you can verify this at https://www.pickaweb.co.uk/cgi-bin/whois.cgi - these changes can take up to 24 hours to propagate fully across the internet. During this time, if you are currently using a hosting service for your domain it is likely that you will experience some anomolous behaviour, particularly related to email. For this reason we strongly recommend making thess changes during the evening, or ideally over the weekend or during quiet periods when you do not anticipate high volumes of visitors and/or emails.

Yes you can. You will need to change the name servers of your domain name to point to the required hosting company. You can do this via the Pickaweb domain name management area at: https://www.pickaweb.co.uk/cgi-bin/manage.cgi

Yes, You can just register the domain name and get a hosting service at a later stage.

When you wish to add the hosting or email & web forwarding service to your domain you can do so at the following link: https://www.pickaweb.co.uk/billing/order/orderwiz.php
 
Because you already have a domain name that you wish to use, please select the option: “I already have a domain name which I wish to use for the service. I will change the name servers”.
 
Please also register as an existing customer using your login details which were sent to you when you placed your order initially. If you do not have these details then you can use the forgotten password feature at the following link & they will be emailed to you: https://www.pickaweb.co.uk/billing

If a Domain Name is already registered, a WhoIs search will give you the details of whom it is registered to. If it is not registered no details will come up this it is an available registration. The Pickaweb Whois can be found at https://www.pickaweb.co.uk/cgi-bin/whois.cgi

If you are concerned about privacy & you do not wish to have your details published on the whois then it is possible to hide your details. With UK domain names (eg: .co.uk, .org.uk) you can select the confidentiality option via the Pickaweb Domain Name Management Area at https://www.pickaweb.co.uk/cgi-bin/manage.cgi

With US Domain names (eg. .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info) it is possible to order a Whois Privacy service. This costs £4.99 per domain name per year. This can be ordered at http://www.pickaweb.co.uk/addons2/select-form.htm

The Whois search will also show you some very useful information such as the Nameservers of the domain. Basically this helps you to identify which physical server your domain is hosted by. If you need to make changes to your domain name you can do this via the Pickaweb Domain Name Management Area at https://www.pickaweb.co.uk/cgi-bin/manage.cgi

Using CGI scripts on your website can make it more interactive.

You can install guestbooks, polls, feedback forms etc.

 You can automatically install CGI scripts through your online control panel.