Transfer Domains To NameSilo
(we extend your expiration for 1 year)**
Transfer your domain name to NameSilo and receive a year added to your expiration date included in your transfer price
Why transfer your domains to NameSilo?
How to transfer your domains to NameSilo in 3 SIMPLE steps:
Step 1. Verify your domain name
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Please remember that all add-ons such as WHOIS Privacy, Email Forwarding, Domain Defender Protection, Custom WHOIS Records and DNS Management are always 100% free! |
Frequently Asked Questions
Check out our complete domain transfer checklist here.
Successful domain transfers are automatically completed within 5 to 7 days. This period can be expedited further by asking your old registrar to approve the transfer out request.
Yes, you can check the status of your domain transfers by logging into your account and clicking on Transfer Manager. Our support is always ready to help you out if you have any questions regarding your domains.
You can check out our full domain transfer pricing list here.
When transferring a domain to NameSilo, you will pay the transfer fee as shown on our pricing page. Upon transfer completion, 1 year extra will be added to the expiration date of your domain.
** This extra year is added at no additional cost to you. For example, if your domain expires on December 1, 2020, upon transfer completion the domain will expire December 1, 2021.
One mistake we see many people make is to wait until their domains are very close to the expiration date before transferring thinking that they will lose any time remaining with their domains if they transfer before the expiration date. This is not necessary. When transferring domains, there is absolutely no time lost. In fact, waiting until your domain expires may lead to your website
As mentioned above, 1 year will be added to the existing expiration date upon transfer completion.
** The only times the extra year is not added to the expiration date is if the domain had been renewed at the previous registrar within 45 days of the transfer (You can find complete details about this issue here), or if adding the extra year would exceed the maximum number of years permitted by the registry/ICANN (typically 10 years).
The short answer is that some transfers can be completed within 30 minutes, while others will take 5-7 days. This difference is entirely based upon the registrar from which you are transferring your domains.
Some registrars (such as NameSilo) allow expediting outgoing transfers, while others do not. It is not required that registrars provide this option. Please ask your current registrar if you do not know.
Other factors impacting the time it takes to complete transfers include how quickly the domain is unlocked, retrieving the correct EPP authorization code and verifying the email our system sends to confirm the transfer.
Please read our domain transfer checklist and process guide for more details.
Unfortunately, we cannot typically answer this question as there are a number of different possible configurations for your domains as well as how different services are setup, including your nameservers, website, email, etc.
A good rule of thumb (although not the case 100% of the time), is that the services associated with your domain will not be impacted if your domain does not use your current registrar's nameservers.
We also offer a number of transfer configuration options to help ensure no downtime in the event you are using your current registrar's nameservers.
The default behavior for transferred domains is to make no changes to your transferring domain’s nameservers, so, if you are using a third-party's nameservers (not your current registrar), then your domain services should not be impacted in any way and no special configuration should be required.
Any custom/private nameservers you have will not be impacted by a transfer.
For example, if you are transferring the domain example.com and had ns1.example.com and ns2.example.com setup, both of these nameservers will not be impacted by the transfer and there will be no need to set them up again once the transfer completes provided you select the default “Make No Changes” transfer configuration option.
We make the transfer process as easy as possible. We do this by offering a user-friendly Transfer Manager that provides the status of any pending transfers and also lets you know if any actions are necessary to continue to process.
The short answer is that it should be possible to transfer domains that have recently expired. There is much more information on this issue on our transfer of expired domains article.
All ICANN accredited registrars are required to provide everything necessary to transfer out your domain including allowing you to receive the EPP authorization code, unlocking your domain and making any necessary changes to WHOIS such as updating information and removing privacy if necessary.
If your registrar is not allowing you to do any of these things, we would recommend filing a complaint on ICANN's transfer complaint form.
One thing to note is that many companies that offer domains are resellers for actual registrars. You may therefore need to contact the parent registrar for your domain if the company you are corresponding with is a reseller and is not providing support.
You can determine the registrar for any domain by doing a WHOIS search.
Registrars are only allowed to reject transfers for a specified number of reasons. They are also required to provide you the reason for rejection.
You can read much more about your rights and what to do if your transfer is rejected on our how to handle rejected transfers article.
We typically recommend removing domain privacy services prior to transfer. This is not always a requirement, but some registrars do not permit transfers if privacy services are used.
Additionally, some privacy services shield the email addresses associated with the domain in WHOIS and we therefore cannot complete the step above.
You can leave the privacy service on for your domain if you are sure that your registrar will still permit the transfer, and you verify that you can receive emails sent to your domain’s administrative contact address in WHOIS.
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