.com.au, .net.au, .org.au, .asn.au, or .id.au

For transfers on all .AU domains please note the following:

• If the domain is due to expire within 90 days, domain registration payment is required for the transfer. The domain will be reserved for 2 years from the expiry date.
• If the domain is due to expire outside of the 90 days, domain registration payment is not required for the transfer however, the renewal date will remain the same.

How to transfer

1. Make sure your domain name has your current email address associated with it because the domain transfer initiation email will be sent there. You can usually update or confirm this email address by contacting the company you originally purchased your domain name from, or by accessing their domain management section.
   
   Before you start a transfer of your .au domain you must have the domain transfer code or Domain Password. Please get your code here: http://admin.auda.org.au/passwordMail/PasswordMail
2. Go to our domain transfer page and complete the transfer form.
3. Approximately 12-24 hours after submitting the transfer form, an email will be sent to the domain registrant email address requesting permission to initiate the transfer. You mustfollow the instructions in the email. If you do not follow the instructions, the transfer will not start.
4. Domain transfers can take up to 7 days to complete from the time you click on the link in the domain transfer initiation email. No changes can be made to your domain name whilst the domain transfer is in progress
5. When the transfer is complete you will receive an email, if you do not receive an email, please contact us to see why the transfer didn't complete

.com, .net., .info, .mobi, or .org

Please make sure your domain does not expire within the next 7 days. If it does, you will need to renew your domain name at the current registrar and then complete the transfer request below.

When the transfer process has begun, you will not be able to make any changes to your domain name until transfer is completed. Transfers usually take 4 -7 days to complete.

The cost of the transfer is the same as the cost of new domain registration. However, the transfer will extend the registration of a domain name by the number months purchased of the current expiry date.

The invoice must be paid before the transfer can start.

How to transfer

1. Make sure your domain name has your current email address associated with it because the domain transfer initiation email will be sent there. You can usually update or confirm this email address by contacting the company you originally purchased your domain name from, or by accessing their domain management section.
2. Turn off registrar lock at your current registrar. Domain lock prevents your domain name from being transferred to another registrar. It was designed to prevent domain hijackers. Most of the time, domain lock is off by default. 

Before you start a transfer of your domain name, you must have the domain transfer password. Many registrars will refer to this as the "auth info", or"epp" password which you would have received when you originally ordered the domain name. If you do not have the transfer password, see below.

1. Go to our WHOIS Lookup page
2. Type in your domain name (& then enter the text shown in the image for security)
3. Find the information described as "Registrar name", or "Registrar of Record"
4. Contact this company for information about retrieving your domain password.
5. Go to our domain transfer page and complete the transfer form.
6. Approximately 12-24 hours after submitting the transfer form, an email will be sent to the domain registrant email address requesting permission to initiate the transfer. You mustfollow the instructions in the email. If you do not follow the instructions, the transfer will not start.
7. Domain transfers can take up to 7 days to complete from the time you click on the link in the domain transfer initiation email. No changes can be made to your domain name whilst the domain transfer is in progress
8. When the transfer is complete you will receive an email, if you do not receive an email, please contact us to see why the transfer didn't complete