Transferring your Domain Name

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Before proceeding with the Transfer, you are advised to first check the following:

  • confirm if your domain name can be transferred. Learn how.

  • check if you require to obtain a Domain (Transfer) Secret or Authorization Code for your domain name prior to placing a Transfer request. Learn how.

Domain Name Extension Specific Caveats 

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Once you have confirmed the above, you can place a Transfer request for your domain name with .

  1. Login to your Control Panel. Learn how.

  2. In the Menu, point to Manage Orders and then click Transfer Domain.

  3. Now, enter the domain name you wish to Transfer.

    About Domain (Transfer) Secret Key/Authorization Code Requirement 

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  4. Click the Transfer button.

  6. Proceed with the payment of the invoice.

  7. Once the mail has been approved by the Registrant Contact, the Current Registrar will be notified regarding the transfer.

    The Current Registrar will send an e-mail to the Registrant Contact of the concerned domain name to confirm that they wish to Transfer their domain name. If the Transfer is not denied by either the Registrant or the Current Registrar, the domain name will be transferred to you under in the next 5 days.

Transfer Status, Domain (Transfer) Secret Change and Other Conditions 

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  • Upon initiating a Transfer request, our system would display the status of the Transfer Order in the Order Information view of the domain name, until the Transfer completes or fails.

  • If for any reason you wish to cancel a domain name transfer, you can do so from within the Order Information view.

  • Transfer of a domain name will result in a 1-year Renewal of the domain name.

    Additional Information

    Situation in which the Registration term doesn't get extended upon Transfer

  • Once a domain name is transferred to from another Registrar, the system would automatically enable Theft Protection for it.

  • Once a domain name having an associated Domain (Transfer) Secret is transferred to from another Registrar, the system would set a new Domain (Transfer) Secret for such a domain name. This process is implemented from a security perspective.