{"id":187,"date":"2021-10-28T15:57:25","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T15:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianwebhost.com\/support\/?p=187"},"modified":"2022-09-06T13:43:17","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T13:43:17","slug":"domain-transfer-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianwebhost.com\/support\/domain-registration-help-guides\/domain-transfer-process\/","title":{"rendered":"The Domain Transfer Process"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"top\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"#transfer-process\">Transfer Process<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#please-note\">Please Note<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Here is a short explanation on the process of transferring a domain from one registrar to another. While this process is not the same for all TLDs (top level domain, Ex. .com, .org, etc.), this explanation works for most.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\" id=\"transfer-process\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Transfer Process<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To make things easier, we will give names to the parties involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Customer <\/strong>&#8211; this will be the domain owner<\/li><li><strong>Oldreg <\/strong>&#8211; this is the registrar that currently has the domain registration (the losing registrar)<\/li><li><strong>Newreg <\/strong>&#8211; this is the registrar that the owner is moving the domain to (the winning registrar)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In this case, <strong>Customer<\/strong> is transferring their domain from <strong>Oldreg<\/strong> to <strong>Newreg<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li><strong>Customer<\/strong> contacts <strong>Oldreg<\/strong> and requests the EPP or transfer code. They also make sure that the domain is unlocked and the email on file is active. This is also a good time to ensure the nameservers are correct, as they may not be able to update them after the domain transfer is started.<\/li><li><strong>Customer<\/strong> contacts <strong>Newreg<\/strong>, requests the domain transfer and gives them the EPP or transfer code. <strong>Newreg<\/strong> will most likely create and invoice for the domain transfer (this is typically just a year renewal).<\/li><li>Once <strong>Customer<\/strong> processes any invoices required, <strong>Newreg<\/strong> now contacts <strong>Oldreg<\/strong> and submits a transfer request.<\/li><li><strong>Oldreg<\/strong> then sends a verification email to the email address on the contact information of the domain, requesting that they verify that they want to transfer the domain.<\/li><li>Once, and only once, <strong>Customer<\/strong> verifies the transfer request, <strong>Oldreg<\/strong> approves the transfer. The domain status will now show as pendingTransfer and the transfer should complete within 5-7 business days from the time the transfer was verified (not initiated). During this time the domain will still be active, but <strong>Customer<\/strong> may not be able to make changes to the nameservers or contact information.<\/li><li>Once the transfer completes, <strong>Newreg<\/strong> will (typically) send an email to <strong>Customer<\/strong> to advise that the domain transfer has completed and is now with <strong>Newreg<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#top\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#top\">Back to Top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\" id=\"please-note\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Please Note<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a few things you should know about domain transfers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Any time you update the contact information on the domain, the domain may be locked for 60 days, preventing you from transferring the domain. If you want to transfer the domain before renewal, you will need to plan ahead.<\/li><li>If you do need to update your contact email, it is advisable to <strong>not<\/strong> use an email that is the same domain and the domain in question. For example, if your domain was example.com, it is not good practice to use an email the ends in @example.com. If the domain is disabled for any reason, there would be no way to contact you to correct the issue.<\/li><li>If you are also changing your hosting, it is a good idea to update your nameservers before starting the transfer process. This way you will not have and disruptions of service during the transfer.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#top\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#top\">Back to Top<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How does my domain move from one registrar to a new registrar? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2334,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-domain-registration-help-guides"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianwebhost.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianwebhost.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianwebhost.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianwebhost.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianwebhost.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/christianwebhost.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2189,"href":"https:\/\/christianwebhost.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187\/revisions\/2189"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianwebhost.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianwebhost.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianwebhost.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianwebhost.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}