How do I transfer a domain name to Faaaster or to another registrar?

Both directions are handled from the interface. An incoming transfer — bringing to Faaaster a domain registered elsewhere — is ordered from the domain search; an outgoing transfer — leaving Faaaster for another registrar — is prepared from the domain's management.

Bringing a domain to Faaaster

What to prepare at your current registrar

1. Unlock the domain — most registrars set a transfer lock by default.
2. Get the authorization code, often called the AUTH, EPP or auth-info code.
3. Check the owner's email address declared in WHOIS: that's where the confirmation requests are sent.

Ordering the transfer

1. Open the Domains section of the left menu, then click Buy a domain name.
2. Enter your domain with its extension (myproject.com), then Search.
3. If it can be transferred, the result shows Already registered · transfer … €, 1 year included and a Transfer button: click it.
4. Choose the Owner, enter the Transfer code (AUTH code) and the domain owner's details, then Submit.
5. Pay for the transfer on our provider's secure page.

The code is checked before any payment. If the transfer is not possible — wrong code, locked domain, registered or transferred less than 60 days ago — a message explains it and you are not charged.

Reserved for the organization's owner and administrators.

The price is one year of the extension, and the transfer extends the domain by one year. These extensions can be transferred from the interface: .com, .net, .org, .info, .dev, .pro, .shop, .site, .agency, .paris, .eus, .fr, .re, .eu and .ca. For any other extension, the result shows Already registered and a greyed-out Transfer button: "To transfer it to Faaaster, contact support."

With a Prime subscription

The domain included in Prime can be a domain you already own. In the Domains section, open Included domains, click Choose a domain, then search for yours. If it can be transferred, the result shows Already registered · transfer included in Prime: you are not charged for the transfer. Extensions concerned: .com, .fr, .net, .org, .eu, .info, .nl and .de.

Following the transfer

The domain appears in the Domains section with the status Transfer in progress. Its page shows the steps Order, Request sent, Approval by your current registrar and Domain at Faaaster.

• Approval usually takes 1 to 10 days. Until then nothing changes for your domain: your website and your emails work as before.
• A confirmation email may be sent to the owner: accepting it speeds up the transfer, and Resend the email sends it again.
• If the transfer is refused, check with your current registrar that the domain is unlocked and the code is correct, then click New code, enter it and click Send the code.

⚠️ The transfer does not change the domain's DNS servers. If they are provided by your current registrar, check with them that they will stay active after the transfer.

⚠️ A domain transferred less than 60 days ago cannot be transferred again. This is a registry rule, not a Faaaster limit: if you have just bought or transferred the domain, you'll have to wait.

Do you really need to transfer?

Often, no. What determines where your site is hosted is the DNS records — not the registrar. You can leave the domain with OVH, Gandi or Namecheap and simply point its records to Faaaster: the site works exactly the same way.

A transfer is mainly useful to consolidate billing and manage DNS from the same interface as your sites.

A transfer takes several days and can fail along the way. If your site needs to go live quickly, connect the domain through its DNS first, and consider the transfer later, without time pressure.

Transferring a Faaaster domain to another registrar

The Transfer section of the domain's management is titled Outgoing transfer — "Prepare the domain before transferring it to another registrar."

1. Unlock the transfer

The Transfer lock is on by default: "The domain cannot be transferred while this lock is active."

1. Open the domain, Transfer section.
2. Turn off the Transfer lock switch.
3. Confirm with Unlock in the Unlock transfer? window.

The request takes a few minutes to take effect. The interface shows the pending status in the meantime.

Restricted to the organization's owner and administrators. For other roles, the switch is grayed out and the AUTH code is not shown.

2. Get the AUTH code

The AUTH code appears under the lock, with a copy icon (Copy AUTH code). This is the code your new registrar will ask you for to start the transfer.

3. Start the transfer at the new registrar

The rest happens on their side: you enter the domain and the AUTH code there.

⚠️ Services linked to the domain may stop working after the transfer. The interface warns you about this when you unlock. Your DNS records, your email forwarding and any Faaaster Email service are tied to the domain's management at Faaaster: plan to recreate them at the new registrar.

⚠️ Only unlock when you're ready to transfer. A lock that is lifted and forgotten leaves the domain exposed to an unwanted transfer, since the AUTH code is displayed right below it. The lock can be turned back on from the same screen, and the interface always shows its status — Lock enabled or Lock disabled.

Treat the AUTH code like a password: with the lock lifted, it's all it takes to move your domain elsewhere.

Some extensions don't support the lock — the interface then displays "This extension does not allow managing a transfer lock from Gandi." The transfer is still possible with the AUTH code.

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Updated on: 10/20/2026