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Transferring Expired Domains

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Last Updated: January 21, 2009 4:24 PM

The process for transferring an expired domain from us to another registrar partially depends on the registrar to which you want to transfer. For more information about transferring domains to another registrar, see that registrar's help.

To prepare to transfer an expired domain from us, you must unlock the domain. For more information, see Unlocking Expired Domains.

After unlocking your domain, you can initiate a transfer with your new registrar. When you complete the process with the new registrar, we send you an email message that includes instructions for authorizing the transfer away from us. You can also manually send the email authorization through the Domain Manager. For more information, see Emailing Authorization Information for Expired Domains. If you do not authorize or deny the transfer request within five days, we automatically complete the transfer.