Transfer a domain name

1 What is a transfer?

2 How to transfer a domain name?

2.1 Transfer a single domain name

2.2 Transfer several domain names at once

3 Some examples among ccTLDs

3.1 The .UK (United Kingdom)

3.2 The .PT (Portugal)

3.3 The .LT (Lithuania)

What is a transfer?

Your Registrar is the entity that manages your domain names on a daily basis with the Registries. You can transfer your domain names from one Registrar to another at any time.

In most cases, when a transfer fee is applied, the transferred domain name is renewed for an additional year.

Transfers have to be requested by the domain holder or a representative of the holder. Otherwise, the transfer process cannot be initiated.

How to transfer a domain name?

Important ⚠️

The procedure and processing times described below correspond to those of a standard procedure for a gTLD (Generic Top Level Domain), such as .COM.
Some ccTLDs (Country-Code Top Level Domains), such as .UK, .PT or .LT, may require different transfer procedures.
You will find below some examples of ccTLDs with different procedures.

Transfer a single domain name

To transfer an existing domain name from your current Registrar to Netim, simply follow these steps:

Disable the Registrar Lock on your domain with your current Registrar
Obtain the transfer authorisation code from your current Registrar
Go to our domain name transfer page, add your domain to the cart by clicking on the “Transfer” button, then follow the purchase procedure
After the “Choosing contacts and nameservers” step, in the “Transfer codes” step: paste your authorisation code
Continue with your order

Transfer several domain names at once

To transfer several domain names at the same time from your current Registrar to Netim, follow the steps below:

Disable the Registrar Lock on your domains with your current Registrar
Obtain the transfer authorisation codes from your current Registrar
Place your transfer order on our website: you can copy/paste all your domain names into the search bar (1 domain name per line), then click on the orange button to launch the search, or use the white button below to import a .txt file containing all your domain names
Add all your domains to the shopping cart by clicking on the ‘Transfer’ buttons, then follow the purchase procedure
After the ‘Choosing contacts and nameservers’ step, in the ‘Transfer codes’ step: you can enter each authorisation code one by one, or you can select ‘Upload my transfer codes’, which will allow you to copy/paste all your domains and their codes at once. By clicking on “Continue”, all the authorisation code fields will be automatically filled in.

Note 💡

Once the transfer is initiated, it will be completed within 5 days.

The processing time can be shortened by contacting your current Registrar directly and requesting an immediate approval of the transfer. The operation will be carried out as soon as the Registry receives your Registrar’s approval.

Some examples among ccTLDs

Here are some examples of Country-Code TLDs that require specific transfer processes:

The .UK (United Kingdom)

The transfer procedure for the .UK falls into two steps:

1. The holder places a transfer order from our website
2. Once the transfer is ordered on the website, the holder must ask his current Registrar to release the domain to our IPS-TAG: NETIM-FR

Important ⚠️

If Registrants ask their current registrant for a TAG change before ordering the transfer, their transfer request will be automatically denied.

The .PT (Portugal)

.PT and gTLDs transfer procedures are quite similar. The only difference lies in how the authorisation code is obtained.
Generally speaking, you can get this code from your current Registrar. However, for .pt domains, holder have to make directly request from the Registry (DNS.PT).

The .LT (Lithuania)

To transfer a .LT domain, Registrants have to:

1. Place a transfer order from our website
2. Initiate the transfer from a dedicated space on the Registry’s website: https://www.domreg.lt/registrant
3. Select the domain they want to transfer:
4. Finally select the Registrar they wish to transfer it to:

Note 💡

Once the transfer order is confirmed, a request will be sent to the Registry. If the transfer has been previously initiated by the holder, the operation will be completed within a few hours.