How to transfer your domain after a sale

You accepted an offer. Here is exactly what happens next, and how to move the domain from your registrar account, whichever one you use. Total hands-on time is usually under ten minutes.

The sequence (never out of order)

1. We open and fund the Escrow.com transaction. You'll receive an email from Escrow.com inviting you to the transaction. Verify it links to escrow.com and shows the agreed price. We pay all escrow fees.
2. Escrow.com confirms funds are secured. Only after this do you transfer anything. Anyone who asks you to transfer a domain before funds are secured is not us.
3. You transfer the domain using the steps for your registrar below.
4. We confirm receipt, Escrow.com releases your money. Typically 2 to 5 business days from acceptance to funds in your bank.

GoDaddy

1. Fastest path is an account change ("push"): Domain settings → Transfer → Transfer to another GoDaddy account, enter the recipient email we give you.
2. Moving to a different registrar instead: unlock the domain, then Domain settings → Get authorization code, and send us the code through the escrow transaction's message thread.

Namecheap

1. Push: Domain List → Manage → Change Ownership → push to the Namecheap username we provide.
2. Or: Sharing & Transfer → unlock → Auth code emailed to you; forward it via the escrow thread.

Squarespace (former Google Domains)

1. Domains dashboard → select the domain → Transfer → Unlock → Get auth code.
2. Squarespace has no account push; the auth-code transfer is the path. It can take a few days to complete on their side, which is normal.

Porkbun

1. Details → toggle the transfer lock off → Get Auth Code. Porkbun also supports pushing to another Porkbun account under Details → Change Account.

Dynadot

1. Push: My Domains → select → Change Account (instant, free).
2. Or unlock and request the auth code from the same screen.

Cloudflare

1. Cloudflare Registrar has no push. Overview → Configuration → unlock → Get auth code. Note Cloudflare requires the domain to have been in the account 60 days before transferring out.

Any other registrar

1. Two universal steps work everywhere: disable the transfer lock, then request the EPP/authorization code (sometimes called transfer key). Send us the code via the escrow message thread and we handle the rest.

Two rules that protect you

• Funds secured first, transfer second. Always, no exceptions, including with us.
• Keep communication in the escrow thread once a transaction opens, so there's a neutral record of everything.

Stuck on a registrar not listed here? Note it in the escrow thread and we'll send exact steps for it.