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Domain.transfer

POST /{namespace}/domains/{domain}/transfer

Transfer moves a Domain’s registration to another holder or registrar, with its records intact.

Noun
Domain
Mode
do
Event
Domain.transferred

Inputs

InputTypeRequiredDescription
domainDomainrequiredThe Domain to move.
tostringrequiredThe receiving holder or registrar.
kindstringrequiredin from another registrar, registrant to a new owner, push between accounts, or out to leave.
codeSecretThe transfer code, for in and out.

Outputs

OutputTypeRequiredDescription
domainDomainrequiredThe transferred Domain.

Effects

  • Emits Domain.transferred.
  • Performed by the Legal Lead.
  • One-way (customer): it waits out its delay window, and runs in the send and do modes.
  • Refuses before transferableAt.
  • Keeps the record and its history; a claimed label moves as a redirect, then retires.

Refuses when

CheckErrorFixThen call
The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation.forbiddenUse a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them.Domain.transfer
The record is not in a state that allows this Verb, so the call is refused.refusedRead the record, run the Verb that moves it to an allowed state, then retry.Domain.transfer
Before transferableAtrefusedClear what the check names, then call it again.Domain.transfer

When it waits

GateDefault
Decision classHigh: one-way, broad (customer)
Delay window1 business day, in which a watcher can pause, redirect or cancel it; then it runs.
LimitThe call Limit of the Permission it runs under.
Over the LimitIt waits pending for an Approval from the Founder. Approved, it runs; refused, it ends refused with limit-exceeded; unanswered by its deadline, it ends canceled.