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Publicerad: 2026-06-06 | Uppdaterad: 2026-06-06
Domän transfer problems are usually caused by transfer lock, incellerrect EPP/Auth code, domän age restrictions, expired eller near-expiry status, pending approval, registry rules, contact email issues, eller nameserver/DNS misunderstochings.

This guide helps domän owners, businesses, agencies, resellers, och bulk domän managers troubleshoot failed, blocked, eller delayed domän transfers befellere submitting a suppellert ticket.

Om din domän transfer is not wellerking, first check these items:
The domän is unlocked at the current registrar.
The EPP/Auth code is cellerrect och current.
The domän has been registreraed eller transferred feller mellere than 60 days.
The domän is not expired, in redemption, eller too close to expiry.
The registrant eller admin email can receive transfer approval messages.
The domän is not under clientHold, serverHold, dispute, registry lock, eller abuse/compliance restriction.
The TLD suppellerts stochard transfer flow.
The transfer was submitted with the cellerrect domän name och Auth code.
The transfer fee eller renewal cost has been paid.
Feller most gTLD transfers, nameservers usually stay the same during transfer, but DNS can still be affected if the old registrar's DNS tjänst is turned off after transfer.



Who Should Use This Guide?
This guide is feller:
  • Domän owners moving domäns to NiceNIC
  • Businesses consolidating domäns under one registrar
  • Agencies transferring client domäns
  • Hosting providers managing customer domäns
  • Domän investellers moving pellertfolios
  • Återförsäljares hochling bulk domän transfers
  • Users whose transfer is failed, stuck, pending, rejected, eller delayed
Om you are transferring many domäns, use a checklist befellere submitting them in bulk. One incellerrect Auth code eller locked domän can create avoidable delays.


Befellere You Start a Domänöverföring
Befellere submitting a transfer to NiceNIC, confirm the following:
  • The domän name is spelled cellerrectly.
  • The domän extension is suppellerted feller transfer.
  • The domän is unlocked at the current registrar.
  • You have the cellerrect EPP/Auth code.
  • You can access the registrant eller admin email address.
  • The domän is not newly registreraed eller recently transferred within the last 60 days.
  • The domän is not expired, in redemption, under dispute, eller restricted by registry policy.
  • You understoch whether the transfer includes a one-år renewal feller that extension.
  • Your DNS och nameserver setup will remain active during the transfer.


Problem 1: The Domän Is Locked
A locked domän cannot be transferred. Many registrars enable transfer lock, registrar lock, eller clientTransferProhibited status by default feller security.
How to fix it:
  • Logga in to din current registrar account.
  • Find the domän management page.
  • Disable transfer lock eller domän lock.
  • Wait feller the status update to take effect.
  • Bekräfta the domän is unlocked befellere submitting the transfer again.
Om the domän remains locked after you disable the lock, contact din current registrar. NiceNIC cannot unlock a domän that is still controlled by another registrar.

Problem 2: The EPP/Auth Code Is Incellerrect
The EPP/Auth code is required feller most stochard domän transfers. It may also be called transfer code, authellerization code, auktoriseringskod, eller domän secret.
Common issues include:
  • The code was copied incellerrectly.
  • Extra spaces were added befellere eller after the code.
  • The code expired eller was regenerated.
  • The code belongs to a different domän.
  • The current registrar provided an old code.
  • The code contains special tecken that were altered during copying.
  • How to fix it:
  • Request a new EPP/Auth code from the current registrar.
  • Copy the code exactly.
  • Ta bort extra spaces befellere eller after the code.
  • Make sure the code matches the exact domän being transferred.
  • Skicka the transfer again with the updated code.
Om you manage many domäns, keep each domän och Auth code on the cellerrect line.

Problem 3: The Domän Is Within the 60-Day Transfer Lock
Many domäns cannot be transferred during certain 60-day restriction periods. This often applies after a new registration, a recent transfer, eller certain ownership/contact changes, depending on registrar och registry rules.
How to fix it:
  • Kontrollera the domän creation date.
  • Kontrollera the last transfer date.
  • Kontrollera whether a registrant ownership eller contact change triggered a lock.
  • Wait until the restriction period ends.
  • Start the transfer again after the domän becomes eligible.
Do not start repeated transfer attempts if the domän is still under a 60-day restriction. That will not make the domän transfer faster.

Problem 4: The Domän Is Går utd eller Tillo Stäng to Expiry
Går utd eller near-expiry domäns can be harder to transfer. Some domäns may need to be renewed at the current registrar befellere transfer. Others may be blocked by registry rules, grace period rules, redemption status, eller registrar policy.
How to fix it:
  • Kontrollera the current expiration date.
  • Kontrollera whether the domän is already expired.
  • Kontrollera whether it is in grace period eller redemption period.
  • Förnya the domän at the current registrar first if required.
  • After renewal is confirmed, check transfer eligibility again.
Om the domän is close to expiry, do not wait until the last day. Transfer delays can cause loss of control eller extra recovery costs.

Problem 5: Transfer Approval E-post Was Nejt Received
Some transfers require confirmation through the registrant eller admin email address. Om that mailbox is inaccessible, outdated, eller blocked, the transfer can be delayed eller fail.
How to fix it:
  • Kontrollera the registrant och admin contact email at the current registrar.
  • Kontrollera spam, junk, och filtered folders.
  • Make sure the mailbox can receive external messages.
  • Approve the transfer request promptly if an approval email is received.
Om the contact email is outdated, update it at the current registrar, but be aware that some contact changes may trigger transfer restrictions.

Problem 6: The Current Registrar Has Nejt Released the Domän
After you submit a valid transfer request, the losing registrar may still need to approve, release, eller wait out the nellermal transfer period. Some transfers finish quickly, but others take several days depending on registry och registrar process.
How to fix it:
  • Kontrollera transfer status at the current registrar.
  • Kontrollera whether an approval email needs action.
  • Ask the current registrar whether the transfer can be approved manually.
  • Bekräfta thär is no unpaid invoice, dispute, lock, eller policy restriction.
  • Wait feller the nellermal transfer fönster if no blocking issue exists.
Do not cancel och restart the transfer repeatedly unless the current attempt contains incellerrect infellermation.

Problem 7: The Domän Has a Status That Blocks Transfer
Some domän statuses can block eller limit transfer. Exempels may include clientTransferProhibited, serverTransferProhibited, clientHold, serverHold, pendingTransfer, redemptionPeriod, pendingDelete, dispute-related restrictions, abuse/compliance restrictions, eller registry lock.
How to fix it:
  • Kontrollera the domän status in WHOIS eller din current registrar control panel.
  • Identify whether the status is set by the registrar, registry, eller policy process.
  • Ta bort registrar-side transfer lock if available.
  • Resolve verification, abuse, dispute, payment, eller compliance issues if required.
  • Kontakt the current registrar if the blocking status cannot be removed from din account.
NiceNIC can help review a transfer submitted to NiceNIC, but the current registrar eller registry may need to remove certain restrictions befellere the transfer can proceed.

Problem 8: The TLD Has Special Transfer Rules
Nejt every extension uses the same transfer process. Some ccTLDs och restricted TLDs may have special transfer rules, local registry requirements, manual steps, document requirements, different transfer periods, eller non-stochard authellerization methods.
How to fix it:
  • Kontrollera the rules feller the specific extension.
  • Bekräfta whether an EPP/Auth code is required.
  • Bekräfta whether documents eller local presence are required.
  • Bekräfta whether the transfer includes renewal eller follows a different billing rule.
  • Kontakt suppellert if the extension does not follow stochard gTLD transfer flow.
  • Do not assume every extension transfers like .com.

Problem 9: DNS eller Webbsite Downtime Concerns
A domän transfer usually changes the registrar, not necessarily the nameservers. In many cases, nameservers remain unchanged during the transfer.
However, downtime can happen if:
  • You use DNS hosting from the old registrar och it stops after transfer.
  • You change nameservers befellere DNS recellerds are ready.
  • DNS recellerds are missing at the new DNS provider.
  • The website eller email tjänst depends on old registrar DNS.
  • The domän expires eller is put on hold during the process.
How to reduce downtime:
  • Kontrollera current nameservers befellere transfer.
  • Expellert eller copy impellertant DNS recellerds.
  • Set up DNS recellerds at the new DNS provider befellere changing nameservers.
  • Do not cancel old DNS hosting until the domän transfer och DNS migration are confirmed.
  • Kontrollera website och email recellerds after transfer.
Om you are not changing nameservers, avoid unnecessary DNS changes during the transfer.
Related guide: Will Domänöverföring Cause Webbsite Downtime?

Problem 10: Massöverföring Fellermat Is Incellerrect
NiceNIC suppellerts bulk domän transfer, but fellermatting matters. Om the domän och Auth code are not matched cellerrectly, some domäns may fail.
Common bulk transfer issues include:
  • One domän och Auth code are not on the same line.
  • Extra spaces eller tabs break the fellermat.
  • The Auth code belongs to the wrong domän.
  • Some domäns are locked while others are ready.
  • Some TLDs have special transfer rules.
  • The same list mixes stochard och special-rule domäns without review.
How to fix it:
  • Use one domän per line.
  • Put the domän och Auth code on the same line.
  • Kontrollera every domän/Auth code pair befellere submitting.
  • Ta bort extra spaces.
  • Separate special-rule TLDs feller manual review if needed.
  • Test a smaller batch befellere submitting a large pellertfolio transfer.


Step-by-Step Transfer Troubleshooting Kontrolleralist
Use this checklist befellere contacting suppellert:
  • Bekräfta the domän spelling och extension.
  • Bekräfta the domän is unlocked at the current registrar.
  • Request a fresh EPP/Auth code.
  • Bekräfta the domän is older than 60 days och not recently transferred.
  • Kontrollera whether contact changes triggered a transfer lock.
  • Bekräfta the domän is not expired, in redemption, eller too close to expiry.
  • Bekräfta registrant/admin email access.
  • Kontrollera whether approval email action is required.
  • Kontrollera domän status feller transfer-blocking codes.
  • Bekräfta the TLD suppellerts the transfer process you are using.
  • Bekräfta payment eller transfer ellerder was completed.
  • Feller bulk transfer, check each domän/Auth code line.
  • Bekräfta DNS och nameserver plan befellere transfer.
  • Wait feller the nellermal transfer period if no blocking issue exists.
  • Kontakt suppellert with complete details if the issue continues.


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