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Check if your Domain Name can be Transferred

There are various cases where a domain name may not be transferable to another Registrar. This could happen in the following circumstances:

  1. Domain name is less than 60 days old: If the domain name you are trying to Transfer was registered less than 60 days ago, the request will get rejected by the Registry itself. Domain names less than 60 days old are not allowed to be transferred to any other Registrar as per ICANN Guidelines.
     
  2. Domain name has been transferred less than 60 days ago: A domain name cannot be transferred to another Registrar within 60 days of a previous Transfer. For example, a domain name cannot be transferred from Registrar B to Registrar C, if it has been transferred to Registrar B from Registrar A within the last 60 days. An exception to this rule is the Transfer back to the previous Registrar in cases where both Registrars so agree and/or where a decision in the dispute resolution process so directs.
     
  3. Theft Protection/Lock/Suspension has been applied on your domain name: If Theft Protection/Lock/Suspension has been applied on your domain name at the Current Registrar, then a Transfer for that domain name to another Registrar will not be allowed. You will first have to disable Theft Protection/Lock/Suspension for the domain name and then proceed with a Transfer.
     
  4. The domain name is in the Redemption Grace Period or in the Pending Delete status: If the domain name is in either of these statuses, it cannot be transferred.
IMPORTANT
  • If you are trying to Transfer a .EU domain name, only the 4th condition (mentioned above) will be applicable. This is because the .EU Registry does not support any Lock/Suspension feature. There is also no 60 day Registration/Transfer Lock.


 

Created on:  
Jan 29, 2004 4:08 PM  GMT
Last Updated on:   Feb 5, 2010 3:34 PM  GMT
 
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