Transferring dotcom to new owner

[diablo]

What's the best way to transfer a dotcom to a new owner?

Currently at Namecheap but new owner uses 123-Reg.

 

[RobM]

You have to unlock the domain if it's locked and generate an authentication request which you then give to him. He then initiates a transfer at his end using the authentication request. Amazingly it doesn't cost £10 to do as it uses these new fangled computer thingies.

 

[accelerator]

Just for your info, when both parties have accounts at the same registration company, e.g. GoDaddy, then it's a lot easier. That's because you can just do an internal account transfer, and once it is in buyers ac, they can manually change the WHOIS via the account.

So, one option might be for buyer to open an account at Namecheap, but they may not want to.

So, if not, they will just have to use the normal process, controlled by the 123-reg Transfer In option in their control panel. How slick this is depends on how well 123-reg has done it. At GoDaddy it's pretty good, you buy a Transfer In, and you step through the process. That puts the buyers ac in a position to receive the domain, and as the seller you just have to request the Transfer authorisation code and give it to the buyer.

Rgds

 

[Adam H]

I normally ask them to sign up to Namecheap for an instant free push to another account, if they then want to spend a week or two transferring the domain elsewhere they can do so in their own time and knowing they are in full control of what goes on.

Ive had a couple of end users in the past which get frustrated with waiting for a transfer and they start to think your talking the piss even though its completely out of your control. So as a result I simply do the above as its alot less bother...............Unless of course the buyer insists on an external transfer

 

[diablo]

Brilliant - thanks everyone. Don't normally deal in dotcoms and completely forgot how to do the transfer!