gTLD domain transfers

Open a free Fasthosts domain name account

Open your free Fasthosts domain name account now.
Your account will be activated and ready to use immediately.
(Skip this step if you already have an account with us)

Prepare your domain for transfer

• Ensure that the admin contact email address for your domain name is up to date.
  It is crucial that you have access to this email address to transfer your domain name.
  Contact your current domain provider if you need to update this email address.
• Check that your domain name has been registered for at least 60 days.
• Make sure you start your domain name transfer more than 40 days before its renewal date.
• Ask your current domain name provider to unlock your domain name for transfer.
• Request your domain's Authorisation Code (Transfer key) from your current provider.
  You will be asked to confirm the transfer key to authorise your domain name transfer.

Initiate the transfer

Log into your Fasthosts account and click "Register & transfer domains" on the main page. Then just follow the on-screen instructions to add your domain name and initiate your domain name transfer.

Authorise the transfer

Shortly after you have made your domain name transfer request, our international domain registrar (OpenSRS) will send an email to your domain name's admin contact email address asking you to authorise the domain name transfer. All you need to do is follow the easy domain transfer instructions in the email to complete the move to Fasthosts.

The transfer must be authorised within 5 days of OpenSRS sending you the email. It may then take a few more days to complete the transfer - but it's worth it for the superb service and excellent value you'll get once your domain name is with us here at Fasthosts.