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How to Transfer Domain Names to HumDomains ?

You can use these instructions to transfer a domain name from your current registrar to us.

Before you can authorize a domain name transfer from another registrar to us, you must prepare the domain name and purchase the transfer. For more information, see Preparing to Transfer Domain Names to Us.

ICANN regulations prohibit transferring domain names registered or previously transferred in the last 60 days. For more information, click here.

If you purchased a .ca, .eu, .es, or .se domain name transfer, see the respective article for additional transfer instructions:

About .ca Domain Names

Transferring .eu Domain Names to Us

About .es Domain Names

About .se Domain Names

Preparing to Transfer Domain Names to HumDomains ?

Before you can authorize a domain name transfer from another registrar to us, you must prepare the domain name and purchase the transfer.

ICANN regulations prohibit transferring domain names registered or previously transferred in the last 60 days. For more information, click here.

After you complete the steps in this article, see Transferring Domain Names to Us to authorize your domain name transfer.

To Prepare to Transfer Your Domain Name to Us

1. Ensure that the administrative contact (admin) for your domain name has a valid email address in the Whois database. Both registrars use this email address to send you important information about the transfer. For more information, see How do I change my admin email address at my current registrar?

NOTE: If your domain name has private registration, a service that hides your personal information from the public, you cannot verify your admin email address in the Whois database. You must contact your current registrar to cancel the private registration, and then you can update the email address, if necessary.

2. Unlock your domain name at your current registrar.

3. Get an authorization code (also known as an EPP code or transfer key) from your current registrar, if required. Some domain name extensions, primarily country-code top-level domain names (ccTLDs), do not require an authorization code. Some registrars display the authorization code in your account with them, while others email it to the admin email address upon request. For more information, see How do I get an authorization code to transfer my domain name to you?

4. Purchase a domain name transfer from our website. If the extension you want to transfer is not listed, you cannot transfer the domain name to us.

When you purchase the transfer, select one of the following nameserver options:

- Keep the existing nameservers... — If you have a hosted website for your domain name (here or elsewhere), select this option to ensure that your site does not go down during the transfer.

- Change ... to park nameservers — If you have email with us for the domain name, are using our Off-site DNS, or created a Premium DNS transfer template prior to the transfer, select this option. For more information, see Managing Domain Names with Off-site DNS and Creating Transfer Templates in Premium DNS.

NOTE: If you select this option and are not using Off-site DNS or a Premium DNS transfer template, we park the domain name on our parking nameservers and create a default zone file in your account with us. You can use the Zone File Editor in the DNS Manager to customize the new zone file. For more information, see Managing DNS for Your Domain Names.

We send an email message to the domain name's administrative contact (admin) after you purchase the transfer. The email contains the transfer IDs (transaction ID and security code) you need to authorize the transfer in your account with us.

How to Transfer Domain Names to Another Registrar ?

The process for transferring domain names from your account with us to another registrar partially depends on your new registrar.

If you are transferring an expired domain name, see Transferring Expired Domain Names. If you are moving your domain name from one account with us to another, see Moving a Domain Name Out of Your Account.

NOTE: A 60-day transfer restriction period applies when you register or transfer a domain name, update the registrant contact's organization, or update the registrant contact's first or last name and an organization is not listed. For more information, see ICANN's Policy on Transfer of Registrations Between Registrars and our Domain Name Change of Registrant Agreement.

=>To Transfer Domain Names to Another Registrar
1. Advise your administrative contact that you are transferring the domain name, and verify that your administrative contact information is valid. For more information, see Updating Your Domain Name Contact Information.
NOTE: If you have Domains By Proxy® (DBP) Private Registration, see Updating Contact Information for Domain Names with Privacy for information on viewing and updating your domain name contact information.
2. If applicable, cancel your Protected Registration or DBP Private Registration. For more information, see Canceling Protected Registration or Canceling Private Registration for Your Domain Names.
3. Unlock your domain name. See Locking and Unlocking Your Domain Names for more information.
4. Check with your new registrar to see if you need an authorization code. (Some domain name extensions do not require this code.) If you need an authorization code, see Getting an Authorization Code to Transfer Your Domain Name.
NOTE: For .eu domain name transfers, the authorization code is not required but can expedite the transfer. For more information, see Transferring .eu Domain Names to Us.
5. Initiate the domain name transfer at your new registrar. You might need to consult the other registrar's Help or support for specific instructions.
6. Authorize the transfer in your account with the new registrar.
7. The registry notifies us, and then we email you instructions to complete the transfer. If you do not accept or deny the transfer request in your account with us within five days, we automatically complete the transfer. See Accepting or Declining a Transfer to Another Registrar for more information.
8. The registry notifies your new registrar of the transfer's acceptance or rejection.
9. We email you confirmation when the transfer completes. A transfer between registrars takes five to seven days to complete after you authorize it.

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