I just completed the transfer of a domain name within GoDaddy, thought I’d share the process (which was extremely easy)
In specifics, I bought a .com, and the original registrant’s registrar was GoDaddy. I luckily have an account at GoDaddy as well, so I decided to simply move the domain from his account to mine. A process I assumed would be as intricate a few transfers I’ve done before.
Happily, I was very wrong. In reality, the process takes all of 15 - 20 minutes. That’s it.
And in comparison to moving a domain from registrar to registrar (Moniker to GoDaddy, say), where the requestor has to initiate the transfer, within GoDaddy, when you move from account to account, the current owner initiates the transfer.
Here are the steps below: (In my case, these are the instructions I had to communicate to the second party)
- Login
- Within MyProducts, Click Manage Domains
- Select the domain to be transfered and click Account Change
- In the New Registrant area, fill in the all new owners info (name, address, phone, all that jazz)
- IMPORTANT - Be especially careful when entering the email address, as that’s where GoDaddy will forward the Transaction ID and Security Code for transfer. If the address is fat fingered, and accidentally forwarded to an incorrect party, realize they’ll be holding the keys to your domain name, and’ll have the ability to accept transfer into their own GoDaddy account (if they have one).
- Agree to the terms in the Domain Name Change Registrant Agreement
- GoDaddy’ll then list all services that will be cancelled once the domain is removed. No biggie, click Continue.
- And I think the final step is clicking ‘OK’
The registrant accepting the transfer will then receive an email, subject line reading “Change of Registrant Pending“, and reading:
=============================================================
CHANGE OF REGISTRANT PENDING
=============================================================Dear Peter Askew,
The registrant of the following domain name(s):
PURPLEPEOPLEEATERS.COM
has initiated a process by which you will become the registrant of the
domain name(s).IMPORTANT: You must complete all of the steps below before the domain
can become active in your account.————————————————————-
You may be asked to log in to your account. To safely log in:1. Go to the GoDaddy.com home page and select “My Account.”
2. Create an account if you do not already have one, or enter your
log in name (or customer number) and password. Then, click “Secure
Login.”3. Select “Pending Account Changes” located in the “My Account”
box.4. Select “Accept Domains” (upper right-hand corner), then provide
the following information:Transaction ID: 9999999
Security Code: XXXXXXXXX5. After you enter the Transaction ID and Security Code, please
proceed through the shopping cart to complete the free transaction.If the Change of Account is not completed within 10 days, the
transaction ID and the security code will expire.
————————————————————-If for any reason this information is incorrect or you feel this change
of registrant request was made in error, please contact us within 15
days at mailto:undo@godaddy.com.Sincerely,
GoDaddy.com- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Copyright 2007 GoDaddy.com. All rights reserved.
Once the receiving registrant plugs in the Transaction ID and Security Code within ‘Accept Domains’, and completes the free transaction, GoDaddy will begin processing the move. In my case, it took less than 10 minutes.
The receiving registrant will then receive the confirmation email from GoDaddy, like below:
Dear Valued GoDaddy.com(R) Customer:
The registration of the following domain name(s) has been successfully
transferred to you:PURPLEPEOPLEEATERS.COM
Now’s the time to make sure all the information associated with this
domain is accurate and up to date.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Please log in to your GoDaddy.com account to view or change your domain
details:1. Go to the GoDaddy.com home page and select “My Account.”
2. Enter your log in name (or customer number) and password, then
click “Secure Login.”You will then be taken to the Account Manager, where you may manage
your products and services.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~If you have forgotten your password, select the “retrieve my password”
link on the log in page.======================================================
AUTO-RENEW YOUR DOMAIN(S) NOW!When you modify your option to Auto-Renew, you won’t have to do it
yourself when your domain(s) are about to expire.1. On the Manage Domains page, select the domain(s) you wish to
modify using the checkboxes.2. Click “Auto Renew.” If you selected multiple domains, be sure
to enable the fields with the link on the right.3. Select “Automatic Renewal Enabled” so that your domains will
automatically renew.
======================================================So once again, welcome and congratulations on a successful transfer of
domain registration.Sincerely,
GoDaddy.com- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Copyright 2007 GoDaddy.com. All rights reserved.
That’s it, really - outside of jumping in your account to verify the name is safe and sound.
Hope that helps..
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Good tutorial Peter. One thing people should be aware of is that after this is done, Godaddy will prohibit the transfer of the domain to another registrar for 60 days (although you can still push the domain to another account on Godaddy during this time).
you’re dead on right there.. thanks for mentioning..
-peter
Yes, good idea to post this tutorial. I’m sure there are many who will need it. I think that GoDaddy’s process it’s way too complex. I like the Dynadot push. It’s much easier.
Thank you for posting this. I’ve tried to move stuff around in GoDaddy before and could have used this then! This one gets bookmarked.