If you registered a domain name at another domain name registrar and need to transfer
this domain name to Alibaba Cloud for management, follow the instructions in this
topic. This topic describes the transfer procedure to guide you through a swift and
smooth transfer.
Prerequisites
- The domain name can be transferred to Alibaba Cloud.
- A registrant profile is created and has passed the real-name verification. For more
information, see Real-name verification for CNNIC templates.
When you transfer a .cn domain name to Alibaba Cloud, you must select a registrant profile that has passed
the real-name verification. Otherwise, you cannot submit the order or pay for the
transfer. During the transfer process, the domain name is checked based on specific
naming rules.
Background information
After a domain name is transferred to Alibaba Cloud, its registrar is changed to Alibaba
Cloud. The transfer process is usually complete within five to seven days. The actual
time required depends on the time taken by the registry to process the transfer and
the time taken by the original registrar to confirm the transfer.
Note
- Alibaba Cloud is only the registrar of the domain name. The domain name belongs to
the domain name registrant.
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To comply with the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data (Temporary Specification)
issued by Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), and the compliance
requirements stated in General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Alibaba Cloud WHOIS
no longer provides personal information about registrants from May 25, 2018. Relevant
services were therefore suspended from May 25, 2018. For more information, see Alibaba Cloud Domain Privacy & Proxy Service will be suspended.
Procedure
Before you transfer your domain name to Alibaba Cloud, check the transfer prices and
rules. For more information, see
Fees and rules for transferring a domain name to Alibaba Cloud.
Note If your domain names have been renewed for the maximum validity period of 10 years,
some of them can be transferred to Alibaba Cloud but cannot be renewed for another
year. Some of them cannot be transferred because their validity period is greater
than 10 years after the transfer and the transfer is rejected by the registry or registrar.
For such domain names, we recommend that you wait until the validity period is less
than 10 years before you transfer the domain names to Alibaba Cloud.
- Check the domain name before you transfer it to Alibaba Cloud.
- Optional. Modify the administrative contact information.
All subsequent confirmation emails related to the transfer are sent to the email address
of the administrative contact. Make sure that the administrative contact information
of the domain name is valid and modify the information if required.
- Optional. Unlock the domain name if it is in the clientHold state.
- Disable prohibition of domain name transfer.
If transfer prohibition is enabled for your domain name, you must disable this feature.
- Obtain the transfer key, which is also known as transfer code, transfer password,
or domain name password.
- Log on to the Domains console.
- In the left-side navigation pane, click . On the page that appears, click Transfer Domain Name In.
- Enter your domain name and transfer key. Then, click Submit.
- Enter the information in the <Domain name> <Transfer key> format.
- A space is required between <Domain name> and <Transfer key>. Enter a domain name
and a transfer key in each row.
- You can transfer a maximum of 50 domain names to Alibaba Cloud at a time.
- If you want to transfer a large number of domain names to Alibaba Cloud at a time,
we recommend that you edit the domain names and transfer keys in a text editor such
as Word, Excel, or Notepad and then copy them to the list.
- Select a registrant profile and click Next.
Note When you transfer a .cn domain name to Alibaba Cloud, you must select a registrant
profile that has passed the real-name verification. Otherwise, the transfer request
fails to be submitted. For more information about the real-name verification for a
registrant profile, see
Real-name verification for CNNIC templates.
- Check the order amount and click Pay.
- Verify the transfer key of the domain name.
The system automatically checks whether the transfer key that you enter is valid.
If the transfer key is valid, domain name transfer starts. The transfer process is
usually complete within five to seven days based on the rules of the domain name registry.
What to do next
Check the transfer progress.
- Log on to the Domains console.
- In the left-side navigation pane, click Domain Transfers-In. On the page that appears, check whether the transfer is successful.