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Transfer of a domain name

Transfer of a domain name to BookMyName

http://www.bookmyname.com/xfer.cgi

You can change Domain Name Registrar at any time, provided that the initial registration of your domain name goes back more than 60 days and that it has not been the subject of a previous transfer for at least 60 days. You must also be up to date in the payments (your domain name must be in the process of validity) and there should not be any dispute nor pending proceedings for the Domain name concerned.

To launch your transfer request, go to our site www.bookmyname.com, select the heading “MANAGE”, then in “YOUR DOMAIN NAMES, ” the option “Transfer of Domain Name Registrar”.(http://www.bookmyname.com/xfer.cgi

To carefully read the information given on this page then to enter (or copy and paste) the domain name (s) to be transferred in the window intended for this purpose, and validate. Then follow the instructions provided online as far as payment online which ends the procedure.

You will have to enter the authorization codes (“Auth-codes ” or “ Auth-info”), that will be necessary for you to obtain beforehand from your current registrar. Once the request for transfer has been registered, an e-mail confirmation request will be sent to the transfer contact appearing in the WHOIS database. Only the applicant and the administrative contact have the function of transfer contact and will be the sole recipients of this e-mail whose goal is the checking of the authenticity of the request. So that a request for transfer is authenticated and ready to be processed, we must receive within a deadline of five (5) calendar days, at least a positive response and not a refusal from the applicant.

The reasons for refusal are generally the following:
- The domain name is locked by a status “client transfer prohibited”: the applicant forgot to remove the padlock from the registrar before requesting the transfer of domain name,
- The domain name was registered for less than 60 days,
- The domain name was the subject of a previous transfer for less than 60 days,
- The domain name has expired,
- The domain name is the subject of a dispute in progress (udrp procedure for example),
- The applicant notified his refusal to transfer the domain name to another registrar.

Yes.

We distinguish two types of distinct transfers:

- The transfer of a Domain Name Registrar (or “registrar”):

The applicant wants to change registrar: He can remove the domain name from the registers of his current registrar and transfer it into those of a new registrar of his choosing. To start the transfer process he must always contact his future registrar who will have the responsibility for leading the transfer.

- The transfer of applicant:

That is connected to a “change of property”: the current applicant (or “assignor”) wants to assign his domain name to a third party (or “assignee” applicant). The change of applicant requires the formal agreement of both parties. This agreement is materialized by a form filled and validated jointly by both parties, the “assignor” and the “assignee”.

- Transfer of Domain Name Registrar:

See please our pricing at the URL http://www.bookmyname.com/offer.cgi

For .COM .NET .ORG .BIZ .INFO, after a transfer, we add one year to validity period of the domain name transferred (only if transfer takes place outside the “Period of Grace” ).
For other TLDs registry rules are apply, so pay attention for example to .CH .AT .ES .LI the transfer does not change the expiry date.

- Transfer of applicant

You can consult our rates at the URL http://www.bookmyname.com/offer.cgi

The time can vary between 1 and 10 days, even more in the event of a mishap. It is composed of two parts: - First phase: authentication of the request: it depends on the speed with which transfer contacts answer our e-mail requests for confirmation. Duration of this p hase: from 0 to 5 days.

- Second phase: processing of request by the Registry. Duration from 1 to 5 days according to whether the “loser” Registrar answers more or less quickly, or not at all, to the request which the Registry sends him. If he does not answer, the transfer will be automatically authorized after a period of 5 days.

The total duration therefore takes place during a period of 1 to 10 days, barring a mishap, such as for example a domain name which has not been unlocked!

It is always your future domain name registrar which must do the necessary for your transfer.

If you wish that BookMyName becomes your new domain name registrar for your domain names, it is BookMyName which will lead the transfer process, once you have regis tered your request with the URL http://www.bookmyname.com/xfer.cgi

No,

The costs collected are justified by the placing at your disposal of the means necessary for the correct outcome of the transfer, by the assistance and the follow-up that we provide you throughout the implementation of the process.

Moreover, in order to increase your chances of success, we give you the possibility, in the event of failure, to restart your transfer as many times as you consider it necessary and this, over a period of 6 months maximum.

During all the duration of the processing of the request by the Registry, you will not be able to make any more updates to your domain name because it will be “frozen” by the Registry. If your change of Registrar is accompanied by a change of web hosting provider, you must remember that it will be impossible for you to allot the DNS of your new web hosting provider to your domain name during all this period. If you find yourself in this case, it is necessary to update, either before the transfer with your old Registrar, or at the end of the transfer, at Bookmyname.

To restart a failed transfer you must be identified and go to transaction follow-up at: “Home”, then “CHECK ORDER STATUS”, URL http://www.bookmyname.com/session.cgi

You cannot obtain the transfer of a domain name to a new Registrar if:
- The initial registration of your domain name goes back to less than 60 days,
- The domain name has already been the subject of a previous transfer for less than 60 days.

It is a question of the necessary code to carry out an inter-registrar transfer.

We ask you for this code when you ask us to transfer a domain name kept with another Registrar to our own registers.

Also called “Authorization code” or “Auth-code” or even “Auth-information ”, you must obtain it from the Domain Name Registrar who keeps your domain name. He is the only one who can deliver it to you.

BookMyName does not have any means of knowing the authorization key of a domain name which is not kept in its own registers. Without this code, no transfer is poss ible.

You can find out authorization code of a domain name kept by Bookmyname by consulting information at this domain name: Go to “MANAGE ”, then “Information on one of your domain names”, then enter the domain name for which you want to find out the authorization code. You will not be able to modify this code.

CAUTION: You should never reveal this code because with this code a third party has the possibility of acquiring your domain name by transferring it to another registrar!

The main causes for the failure of a transfer are as follows:

- The domain name is locked by the status “customer transfer prohibited”: the applicant forgot to remove the padlock from his registrar before requiring the transfer of the domain name,
- The domain name was registered for less than 60 days,
- The domain name was the subject of a preceding transfer for less than 60 days,
- The domain name has expired,
- The domain name is the subject of a dispute in progress (udrp procedure for example),
- The applicant has notified his refusal to transfer the domain name to another registrar.

This status enables you to protect your domain name kept at Bookmyname against any attempt of transfer. The “normal” status of a domain name is the status “Active” or “OK ”. It is the status in which the domain name that you wish to transfer must find itself. When you ask Bookmyname to carry out the transfer of a domain name under your current Registrar to Bookmyname, it will be necessary that beforehand you ensure yourself from your current Registrar that the domain name is indeed contained in the status “Active” (or “OK”) and if necessary, you will have to make it pass through this status.

To change this status: enter into the section “Manage”, then select the option “Lock/Unlock your domain names transfers”. In the window envisaged for this usage, enter the domain name(s) for which you wish to change the status. In the drop-down list, choose the appropriate action you wish, between “Domain name protected” or “domain name NOT protected”, then validate your choice.

Transfer of a domain name to another domain name registrar

Absolutely not! You have the free choice of domain name registrar. It is even rather preferable to have a domain name registrar who is independent and distinct from other suppliers (web hosting provider, ISP, Web Agency…), because that will give you greater independence in the choice of your online service providers.

Nothing.

That depends on the extension (TLD) of your domain name:

You will not lose anything for the .com .net .org .biz .info .net .us (except if you have renewed your domain name less than 2 months ago)

You can found out the authorization code of a domain name kept by Bookmyname by consulting information at this domain name: Go to “MANAGE”, then “Information on one of your domain names”, then enter the domain name for which you want to know an authorization code. You will not be able to modify this code.

You must imperatively be the Applicant or administrative Contact of the domain name to obtain the authorization key.

You can also obtain the authorization key directly via the URL:

http://www.bookmyname.com/manager.cgi?cmd=din

Bookmyname is not opposed to the output transfers for a valid domain name. However a transfer can be refused for reasons such as:
- Existence of a collision (udrp…)
- Domain name locked by the applicant,
- Expired domain name,
- Domain name registered for less than 60 days,
- Domain name transferred for less than 60 days,
-…

Transfer of Domain name ownership

Go on to our site, “ Home > Manage > Transfer ownership ” URL: http://www.bookmyname.com/cowner.cgi

To carefully read information on the procedure to pass on a Domain name to another person (individual or corporate) i.e. to ask for a “change of Applicant” (registrant).

Go on to our site, “ Home > Manage > Edit contact ” URL: https://www.bookmyname.com/manager.cgi?cmd=ce

You will be able to modify only the postal or phone coordinates, the fields relating to the identity of the applicant (name, first name, corporate name…) fall ing within the competence of the “change of applicant”! You can make as many updates as you want and without any additional costs at all.

enfaqs/transfert.txt · Last modified: 2023/07/26 18:38 by admin