When you own a domain that you want to sell, part of the process is arranging for a transfer domain. While the domain transfer is not that difficult, it does involve a few steps that you will need to clear up with the registrar for the domain before you can begin the transfer domain process. Here are some of the things you will need to look into in order to perform a domain name transfer.

One of the first steps in transferring a domain name is to obtain a domain transfer form from your registrar. You will note that the procedure is referred to in your domain registration transfer contract and will empower your registrar to handle the domain name registrar transfer. In many cases, your registrar will provide a free domain transfer, although there may be some fees associated in some cases.

You may also want to check and see if your domain has any free web hosting with domain transfer options that you can offer to the new owner as well. While this may not be the case, you never know with free domain transfer if there are any perks. Make sure you ask the question, even if you suspect there is nothing extra included with the domain name transferring process.

Some people have asked the question “can I transfer a domain that has been stolen?” The answer to that question is a firm no. Unless you can establish to the satisfaction of the registrar that you are the legitimate owner of the domain in question, there can be no transfer of domain registration performed. Make sure you have everything you need to show you own the domain before you begin any type of transfer domain activity. This information should include your original information as you submitted it at the time you acquired the domain name in question, down to the exact spelling of your name. For example, if you used your middle initial in the original deal, then do so again with this transfer domain project.

Once you have submitted the proper information, the registrar can transfer the domain name to the new owner in a very short period of time. Both you and the new owner can track the progress of the domain transfer with free privacy software related to the domain name itself. Both of you will be notified when the transfer domain action is completed.