Domain Transfers

We begin by confirming who owns the domain and who has access to the current registrar account. Surprisingly often, the domain was registered by a former developer, an agency or a relative, and the registrant details are not the business’s. We help you recover access or request a transfer through the proper channel before anything else. Next we check eligibility. Most registrars will not transfer a domain within about sixty days of registration or a previous transfer, and the domain must not be locked, expired or in a restricted status. We check the expiry date so you do not transfer a domain about to lapse, noting that a transfer usually adds a year to the registration for many extensions, though rules differ by extension and registrar. We then record every DNS setting: A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, SRV and any others, including the nameservers in use. We export or screenshot them and keep them as a reference. If DNS is hosted with the old registrar, we plan how to keep it working: either by moving DNS to the new registrar with identical records or by pointing to a separate DNS provider first. We check the contact email on the domain, since transfer approval messages are sent there. Then we help you disable the transfer lock, obtain the authorisation code and, for some extensions, disable privacy services temporarily as required. At the new registrar, we start the transfer and approve it where needed, usually within a few days. Timing varies by extension, from minutes to about five to seven days. During the transfer window, the domain keeps working because DNS remains as it was. After completion, we compare records line by line, test the website and SSL, send and receive test emails, check forms and any third-party services that use the domain, and enable the transfer lock, strong passwords and two-step login on the new account. We also set renewal reminders and auto-renew as you prefer. Prices are paid to the registrar, and registrars differ, so we list fees clearly before you commit. We do not guarantee a transfer will be accepted, since that depends on the registry rules and the current registrar, but careful preparation avoids the problems that cause most failures and outages.