Domain transfer, lock, and EPP

A domain transfer moves the registration from one registrar to another. It does not move your website files, email, or SSL certificate. To complete it you need the registrar lock turned off, a valid EPP code (also called an auth code), and a WHOIS email address you can still open. Most TLDs also enforce a 60-day lock after a new registration or a prior transfer; that rule comes from the registry, not from us.

If your nameservers already point at ns1.logicweb.com and ns2.logicweb.com, the site keeps working while the registration changes hands. If DNS still lived on the old registrar’s parking platform, plan the nameserver change as its own step. Treat the transfer and the DNS move as two separate jobs.

Unlock the domain and request a fresh EPP code

Log into the losing registrar and turn the transfer lock off. Request the EPP code only when you are ready to start the transfer at the gaining registrar. Codes can expire or get rotated, so an old screenshot often fails. Paste the code once into the transfer form and wait for the confirmation messages that go to the WHOIS mailbox.

Keep the old registrar account paid and open until the gaining registrar shows the domain as fully transferred. If you close that account early, you may lose the only place that can still unlock the domain or issue a new code.

Where EPP codes usually go wrong

People often copy a code from days earlier and find the losing registrar has already issued a new one. Others pull a code from a reseller panel that the registry will not accept. Request the code when you are ready, use it promptly, and only ask for another copy if the first transfer attempt failed.

• Confirm the lock is off in the losing registrar panel.
• Use a code issued for this transfer, not an old note or ticket.
• Watch the WHOIS email for approve or deny messages.
• Do not change nameservers, WHOIS, and hosting on the same afternoon unless you planned each step.

How you know the transfer actually finished

There is no shell command that proves an EPP code worked. Proof is the lock off at the loser, the auth code accepted by the gainer, and the domain moving through pendingTransfer until the new registrar appears in WHOIS or RDAP. Check that status in a second browser, not only in the tab where you clicked Transfer.

When the transfer completes, turn the lock back on at the new registrar. Update WHOIS only after you can log into that account. If DNS also needs to move, lower TTLs the day before and change nameservers on a schedule, not as a side effect of the EPP form.