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 The issue is that I have to do this periodically, with many years in-between, and I forget how this all works, so I am documenting it here.
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+==== Quick Overview ====
+If this guide seems a little long, don't worry, its actually very simple, you will probably spend more time looking for menus on websites than making any changes.
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+Here are the steps we will cover:
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+Step 1 - Initial Porkbun changes.
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+Step 2 - Initial LCN changes (or  your current domain provider).
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+Step 3 - MXToolBox.com check.
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+Step 4 - Next Porkbun change.
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+Step 5 - Last LCN change.
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+Step 6 - Last Porkbun changes.
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-=== Step 5 - Back to LCN (or whoever your original provider is)
+=== Step 5 - LCN ===
+Back to LCN (or whoever your original provider is)
 The last step here is to change the <color #ed1c24>IPS tag</color> (or Nominet tag as LCN call it). This will be under the DNS Settings
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 Click the <color #ed1c24>Change Nominet Tag</color> link.
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+Enter the new <color #ed1c24>Nominet Tag PORKBUN</color> all in caps (or the tag of the provider you want to use if you are not using Porkbun)
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+You do have to put something in the Reason for transferring box, I always put something about the cost.
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+Click <color #ed1c24>Proceed</color>.
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+You should be done with your old domain provider at this point.
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+=== Step 6 - Porkbun ===
+When transferring domains from LCN for me this has typically taken around 5-10 minutes, but be aware this could take up to 48 hours.
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+If you check your domain page in Porkbun now (you might need to refresh your browser) you can see the black tag on the left has gone and you now have some green icons.
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+{{ :domain012.png?800 |}}
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+Hover your mouse over your domain name and you will see two links, <color #ed1c24>DNS</color> and <color #ed1c24>NS</color>.
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+Click on <color #ed1c24>NS</color>.
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+This will allow you to edit the Authorative Nameservers, don't worry, this is automatically done for you.
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+We can see in the example above the nameservers are set to <color #ed1c24>ns0.lcn.biz</color> and <color #ed1c24>ns1.lcn.biz</color>, these are the LCN nameservers and we want the Porkbun nameservers.
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+To change the nameservers just click the <color #ed1c24>UseOurNameservers</color> button.
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+It can be seen now that the nameservers have all changed to xyz.porkbun.com
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+Now click the <color #ed1c24>submit</color> button.
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+The last step is to add any of the domain entries you had with LCN to Porkbun.Hover your mouse over your domain name and you will see two links, <color #ed1c24>DNS</color> and <color #ed1c24>NS</color>.
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+Click on <color #ed1c24>DNS</color>.
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+Now you can add any existing DNS records you had with your old provider. With Porkbun we found changes made here get reflected in UK DNS servers in seconds.
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