How long does domain transfer take?

ANNYY

Banned
I would like to transfer a domain from one registrar to another. Could you tell me please how long the transfer procedure usually takes?
 

mogulia

Banned
It may be different from one provider to another, and usually it's described on the domain registrar's web site, who are you going to transfer your domain to?
 

040hosting

New Member
Depends on the TLD. If it is a .com .net .org .info .biz it may take up to 5 days, but can be handled within 12h if both hosts (old registrar -> new registrar) do their job as once the requests gets in.

If your new host did create the domain in his setup for you, you may ask the old host to adjust his dns to point to the new location already, which would speed up the process, of course this is not always possible.

Unfortunately this may take sometimes longer as some would like.
 

040hosting

New Member
To give an idea where the 5 days come from i will show you what your OLD host will receive as message from VeriSign:

VeriSign Registry has received a request to modify the domain name
record for YOURDOMAINHERE.COM to reflect that the domain name
registrant has selected YOURNEWREGISTRAR. to be its domain name
Registrar. To approve this transfer request, within five (5)
calendar days please use the EPP "Transfer Approve" command. To
reject this request, within five (5) calendar days please use the
EPP "Transfer Reject" command. If you take no action within five
(5) calendar days, the request will be automatically approved in
accordance with the provisions of the Registrar License and
Agreement, Exhibit B.
 
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