I. Creating a Cloudflare Account
First things first, we’ll need to create a Cloudflare account to transfer the domain to.
1. Visit https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up
2. Enter your email address and a secure password.
3. Once signed in, click on “Add” in the top right corner, then “Register a domain”.
3A. After clicking “Register a domain”, you may be prompted to verify your email. Do this before continuining.
II. Inviting Users To Your Account
This section will go over the process of inviting us to your account as a delegate access user. This allows us to manage your account for you.
PLEASE NOTE: This section only applies to clients on a hosting management plan with Atom Web Design. If you’re just trying to transfer a domain, skip to section 3.
1. In the left-hand menu, scroll to the bottom. You should find a dropdown menu called “Manage Account”.
NOTE: If you don’t see “Manage Account” at the bottom of this menu, click the orange Cloudflare logo in the top left of the webpage. After doing this, the menu item should show.
2. Under “Manage Account”, select “Members”.
3. Once on the “Members” page, select “Invite Members”.
4. On the “Invite Members” screen, enter the member’s email address in the form, under “Add email addresses”. (If you are a client of ours, you can enter our email: [email protected])
5. Click “Add” to the right of the textbox to add the email.
6. Below where you entered the email, there is a button with a blue outline that says “+ Create a Policy”. Click this.
7. On the Create a Policy page, click on the “Select a scope” dropdown.
8. Under this dropdown, select the first option. This should be under Account-Level in the dropdown, and should be an option titled: “{Your Email}’s Account” (with {Your Email} being replaced by your actual email address you created your cloudflare account with).
9. Scroll down a bit, and there should be a long list under “Assign Roles”. (If you are a client of ours, flip the switch next to “Super Administrator – All Privileges” to enable it. This should be the top option.)
10. Scroll all the way down, and select “Create Policy”.
11. Once done, you should be back on the “Invite Members” page, and should see our email listed, as well as a row under 2. Add Permission Policies. Click the blue “Invite Members” button in the bottom right corner to send the invite.
That’s it! Once you’ve invited us, we can take care of the rest.
III. Purchasing a domain
1. You can search for a domain in the search box pictured below.
2. Once you find an available domain you’d like to purchase, click the blue “Purchase” button.
3. Select the payment option (you can pay for 1-10 years upfront).
4. Enter your information in the registrant information form.
5. Scroll to the bottom, hook up payment information, and complete payment.
That’s it! Once done, you will own your domain, and we’ll be able to access it and hook it up to hosting.