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Yup, it can take that long indeed. Most hosting providers register their customers domains in bulk, so they get lower prices, but this also means that they have to approve the move of the domain, and they can only do that by verifying it with you. I've already lost 2 domains because providers don't do this, the transfer gets lost somewhere, they require you to give the order and approve the transfer again, etc. etc. etc. A real nightmare.
My solution is to bring all the domains under one roof, and only at a registrar. I use
http://www.godaddy.com for my domains, which is cheap and you handle and manage your domains independantly of your hosting. This saves the hassle of working with the middle man (hosting provider) who most of the time don't know what they are doing anyway.
Herko
