Transfer in
Move your domain to us, gently.
Same yearly price as registering, and the transfer adds a year to your existing expiry, so you lose no time. Type your domain below and we will read the registry, work out who holds it and what is left to do, then show you those steps and only those steps.
Step one
Let us look it up
We read the same public registry your provider does. Nothing is stored unless you send the form.
What a transfer costs
One year of renewal, the same price as registering, and your existing expiry rolls forward by a year.
Includes free DNS, WHOIS privacy, and SSL when the site lives with us.
The two ways it works
Which one applies depends on your ending. Check your domain above and we will tell you which, and skip the half that is not yours.
If your domain ends .uk
The IPS tag swap, 24 to 48 hours
UK names have no auth codes. Your registrar holds a tag against the name, and changing it to ENOM hands the domain over.
- 1. Sign in to your current provider and open the domain’s settings.
- 2. Find the IPS tag setting. It is usually labelled "IPS Tag", "Registrar Tag", "Change registrar", or "Transfer to another registrar".
- 3. Change the tag to ENOM, in capitals, and save.
- 4. Come back here and press "Check again". We read the tag straight from Nominet, so we can confirm it landed.
If it ends .com, .net, .org, .io, .shop
The auth code transfer, 5 to 7 days
Outside the UK registry you unlock the name and hand over a secret code. It is ICANN's way of proving you really do want to move it.
- 1. Sign in to your current provider and open the domain’s settings.
- 2. Turn off the transfer lock. It is usually labelled "Transfer lock", "Registrar lock", or just "Lock". If it is greyed out, ask their support to unlock it.
- 3. Ask for the authorisation code. Providers call it the auth code, EPP code, or transfer key. Most show it on screen; some email it to the registrant address.
- 4. Paste the code into the form below. We start the transfer the moment we have it.
- 5. Approve the confirmation email the registry sends to your WHOIS address.
Send it over
We lodge the transfer as soon as your side is done. If something is still outstanding we hold it and check every hour, so you never have to come back and tell us you have finished.
Common snags
I cannot find my auth code. Your current registrar has it. Search their help for "EPP code" or "auth code", or open a ticket asking them to send it. They are obliged to.
I bought the domain less than 60 days ago. ICANN locks names for 60 days after a registration or a previous transfer. There is no way around it, and the checker above will tell you the exact date it frees up.
It is about to expire. Renew it where it is first, then transfer. Moving a name at the last minute can drop the renewal.
I do not want any downtime. Transfers do not change DNS. Your site keeps resolving throughout, because we only change the registrar. Nameservers, and your hosting, carry on exactly as before unless you ask us to move them too.
My WHOIS email is wrong. The approval email goes to whatever address is on the record. Update it at your current registrar before starting, or tell us and we will help.
Nothing has happened for days. Check your spam folder for the approval email, then reply to ours. We poll every hour and chase anything that has sat still for too long, so we will usually spot it first.
Want the whole lot looked after instead? Our care plans cover the domain, the hosting and the updates. Or just ask us something.