Domain Transfer Made Simple & Secure

A domain transfer is the process of moving a domain name from one registrar to another, which changes where the domain is managed.

A registrar is the company that manages your domain registration, renewals, DNS settings, and transfer controls.

The 60-day lock is a transfer restriction that usually applies for 60 days after a domain is newly registered or transferred. During that period, the domain cannot be transferred to another registrar.

Its purpose is to reduce unauthorized transfers, fraud, and domain hijacking.

The best time to transfer a domain is before it expires and outside any 60-day lock period. We recommend starting the transfer at least two weeks before expiration to reduce the risk of delays or failed authorization.

This gives you more time for approval emails, registry processing, and any issues with the current registrar.

A domain that is close to expiring may still be transferable, but Dynadot recommends initiating the transfer at least two weeks before expiration.

If the domain is already expired, the transfer may not be possible.

There are some transfer exceptions that you must be aware of:

• The domain must not be: a recent registration or transfer (within 60 days), expired, or about to expire (we recommend initiating a transfer at least 2 weeks before a domain expires).


• Ensure your Whois email address is current as that is the address we will use to authorize the transfer.


• Each domain transfer extends your domain registration by one year, with a few top-level domains being the exception.

When you transfer a domain, 1 year is added to the expiration date in most cases except:

• Your domain expired at your previous registrar, then you renewed it during the renewal grace period, and transferred it to us within 45 days of the renewal.


• Adding a year to the domain will exceed the maximum registration period (usually 10 years, but it varies) for each domain.


• When you are transferring a .IT, .BE, .EU, or .DE domain, one year is added to the transfer completion date, not the expiration date.


• For .UK and .LT domains, you need to ask your current registrar to push the domain to us. There is no cost to do this and no time is added to the domain.


• .NL domains retain their pre-transfer expiration date and then are automatically renewed for you closer to their expiration date. This is because the .NL registry only allows for 1 year of registration.


• .AI domains include a 2-year renewal when transferred as they can only be registered or renewed in 2-year increments.


• For .AT, .SO, .CH , .LV and .BI domains, domain transfers do not extend the domain registration period as they do not include a renewal upon transfer.

Please note that we do not currently accept .NGO domain transfers.