To transfer a domain name to Alibaba Cloud, you need to transfer the domain name out of the original registrar and then to Alibaba Cloud for management. This topic describes the billing of and rules for transferring a domain name to Alibaba Cloud.
Billing of transferring a domain name to Alibaba Cloud
Alibaba Cloud charges no fees for transferring a domain name to Alibaba Cloud. However, according to the regulations of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the registrar to which a domain name is transferred must extend the expiration date of the domain name by one year. For example, the original expiration date of a domain name is August 1, 2016. After the domain name is transferred, the expiration date of the domain name is August 1, 2017. When you transfer a domain name to Alibaba Cloud, you must pay a one-year renewal fee. In this case, the transfer price is the one-year renewal price of the domain name.
If you have renewed a domain name for the maximum period of 10 years, the expiration date of this domain name cannot be extended after this domain name is transferred to Alibaba Cloud.
If your domain name has been renewed with your original registrar upon its expiration, we recommend that you wait for at least 45 days after the renewal date and then transfer this domain name to Alibaba Cloud. Otherwise, your original registrar will return the renewal fee to you after the transfer and your new registrar will collect a transfer fee according to current regulations. In this case, the expiration date of your domain name cannot be extended by one year.
The prices displayed in the transfer price list are only the prices of standard domain names. The prices of premium domain names are obtained from the domain name registry in real time. The prices displayed on the order page prevail.
Rules for transferring a domain name to Alibaba Cloud
A domain name to be transferred to Alibaba Cloud must comply with the following rules:
The domain name is an existing domain name and does not contain illegal characters.
The domain name has been registered with a registrar other than Alibaba Cloud.
The domain name was registered at least 60 days ago.
The domain name is not in the clientTransferProhibited, serverTransferProhibited, or clientHold state.
The last transfer of the domain name occurred at least 60 days ago.
The domain name is not in dispute, under arbitration, or restricted by a court of law.
Make sure that the email address of the registrant is correct and valid before you transfer the domain name to Alibaba Cloud.
Before you transfer a .cn domain name to Alibaba Cloud, you must have a domain name registrant profile that completed real-name verification. For more information, see Real-name verification for CNNIC templates.
For information about how to transfer a domain name to Alibaba Cloud, see Transfer a domain name to Alibaba Cloud.