Move domain to a new registrar but website and mail must stay online
A registrar transfer only changes 'ownership' of the domain, not the DNS zone automatically. As long as nameservers stay identical during the transfer, no visitor notices anything. It gets different when you switch DNS and registrar at the same time.
Try this first
- 1Before the transfer, decide whether the new registrar also becomes your DNS host. If yes, do DNS migration first, then transfer.
- 2Get the auth code (EPP code) from the old registrar and make sure the domain is unlocked.
- 3Start the transfer at the new registrar with the auth code, pay for 1 year (counts as renewal), confirm the transfer email the old registrar sends.
- 4During the wait (3 to 7 days for gTLDs, faster for .nl) nameservers and DNS records keep working on the old DNS, nothing changes.
- 5After completion: check NS records still match at the new registrar, and optionally migrate the DNS zone as a calm second step.
When to bring us in
If you want to switch both registrar and DNS host at once without downtime, we plan the two steps separately with monitoring in between.
See also
- Domain expires tomorrow and nobody saw the emailAn expired domain doesn't transfer instantly. There's a redemption window, but you pay extra.
- Unsure whether to enable auto-renewDisabling auto-renew only makes sense for domains you'll truly drop. For anything live, just keep it on.
- New registrar asks for auth code, can't find itEPP code or transfer code is the password to move a domain from registrar A to B.
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