Items in the topic Domain Profiles

• Advanced Topic: What are Domain Profiles, and how do they work?

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  In order to speed up registrations and make managing domains easier, Tucows has a system called Domain Profiles.   A profile is simply a username and password associated with a domain or domains which gives access to a Web-based interface to manage these specific domains.

  When registering or transferring domains, instead of typing all the same information repeatedly, your Provider can use the profile of an existing Tucows-registered domain as template for the new registration.  The domain information (Administrative Contact, Billing Contact, Technical Contact, and name servers) for the two domains will be exactly the same.

  Domains that are created or transferred using the same profile information can be managed together in the Domain Management Interface.  This is where the domain, username and password combination are entered to gain secure access to a Domain Management Interface.  Here the end-user can change contact info for all domains in the same profile.  They can also easily switch between different domains using Manage Another Domain link.

  It is important to remember that anyone with the profile login information can change all info for all domains in the profile, including ownership.  Guard this information carefully!

   

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• Advanced Topic: How do I break one domain out of a Grouped Domain Profile?

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  If you’d like to break a domain out of a profile, follow these steps:

  1. Log into a Domain Management Interface
  2. Click on the Manage Profile link
  3. Click on the Change Ownership of Domain (don’t worry, you won’t be changing actual ownership)
  4. Enter in a new username & password that will be used to access the domain
  5. Click on Change Owner

  The domain will now be separated out of the profile, and you can use the new login & password you entered to access the domain.

   

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• Advanced Topic: How can I manage all my domains in a single profile?

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  You can manage all your domain in a Grouped Domain Profile.   If you have a number of domains with Tucows, and you want them to all show up in the Domain Management Interface in one place, follow these steps:

  Keep one of your domains in mind as the target domain.   The instructions below will group other domains together with the target domain into one “grouped profile” of domains.

  1. Log into the Domain Management Interface
  2. Click on the Manage Profile link
  3. Click on the Change Ownership of Domain (do not worry, you won’t be changing actual ownership)
  4. Enter in username and password of the target domain you want to add this domain to
  5. Enter the target domain name into Previously Registered Domain
  6. Put a checkmark on Move To Existing Profile
  7. Click on Change Owner

  You will now see near the top of the screen that you are managing two domain names. If the target domain was already part of a grouped domain profile, you will see all the domains that were in the profile originally, plus the new one you just added.

  Danger! Danger! Danger!

  Just a few words about the security of grouped domain profile.

  All domains in the profile will now have the same username & password.  If anyone gains access to the username/password, they will have access to all domains in the profile and have the ability to change ownership of the domain names.  Guard these access credentials carefully!

   

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