Previously the IT Procurement team managed the purchasing and renewals of non-ubc.ca domains for UBCO departments. Payment was made using the UBC IT Procurement credit card with renewal reminders sent to the email of whichever procurement officer purchased it (usually Chris Kwong). This created many issues with domain renewal requests getting missed during vacation periods or when people retired or left Procurement.
With the changes in 2022 to the IT equipment purchasing process and IT Procurement roles moving under Finance, the process of purchasing and renewing these domains has also changed.
To align with procurement best practices and to better support our growing campus, UBCO IT and Procurement will no longer register or renew non-UBC website domains on behalf of departments.
Departments will now manage their own non-UBC domain purchases and renewals as required.
Departments who wish to purchase a non-ubc.ca domain will purchase and register the account in their name and pay for it using their own Pcard or via Workday through a Purchase Requisition (with a copy of the quote / bill).
Enom is a wholesale white-label platform for domains, email, and SSL and has been used by UBCO IT to purchase these domains, however clients are welcome to use any third party reseller they would like.
Existing accounts purchased previously by IT Procurement need to transfer the account ownership from IT Procurement to the client.
These existing domains were purchased from Enom (a domain registry). Clients have been contacted based on their account renewal date (in Enom) to notify them of the new process and provide instructions on how to register with Enom central so that we can then change the domain ownership to their account.
Account change process:
Transferring an eNomCentral domain to another eNomCentral account owner
Article ID: 1223
Created On: Wed, Aug 24, 2022 at 2:19 PM
Last Updated On: Wed, Aug 24, 2022 at 4:03 PM
Authored by: Erin Trifunov
Online URL: https://knowit.ok.ubc.ca/article/3rd-party-website-domain-purchases-renewals-changing-account-ownership-in-enom-1223.html