Before You Get Started

WordPress is an all-in-one solution for web and domain hosting, where you can build any website imaginable with superior performance and affordable pricing.

Transferring a domain away from WordPress to an external provider can take from 5 to 7 days. If you would like your domain to start working with your new provider sooner, you can simply - change your name servers - to the new host before starting the transfer to said new host. Once the transfer to a new provider is initiated, DNS records, and domain contact details can only be edited when the transfer is finished.

As per industry-wide domain regulations, it must be at least 60 days since the domain was registered or last transferred before you can transfer it to another provider. If it has been fewer than 60 days, your domain will have the clientTransferProhibited flag. If you cannot transfer the domain registration yet, you can - change the name servers - to connect to your domain to another service until it is eligible for transfer to that service.

[NOTE]: Do not cancel or delete your domain at any point in the transfer process. Once the transfer to the new provider completes, the domain will automatically be removed from your WordPress.com account.

Step 1: Unlock Domain Transfer from WordPress

To transfer a domain to another provider, the process below will unlock the domain, disable privacy, and obtain a transfer authorization code. Take the following steps to begin to transfer your domain to an external registrar:

Visit your site's dashboard

Navigate to Upgrades -> Domain (or Hosting -> Domains if using WP-Admin) to find a list of all domains associated with your site.
Click on the registered domain that you wish to transfer.
Click on the "Transfer" button on the right side of the screen.
If you don't have this option, ensure the domain is owned by you and not by another admin on the site. Only the owner can transfer the domain.
Under the "Transfer to another registrar" section, click on the toggle option for "Transfer lock on" to disable the transfer lock:

Click the "Get authorization code" button to get the "EPP code" required for your domain transfer. Your new registrar may refer tot his code as an "auth code".
A banner message at the top of the screen confirms that the transfer code has been sent to your email. Please allow up to 15 minutes for the email with the code to arrive.
The code is sent to the email address you have provided in the domain contact details, which may differ from the email address you use for your WordPress.com account

If you no longer have access to this email address, follow these instructions to update the contact information for your domain, then re-send yourself the code.

Step 2: Initiate the Transfer to NextJS

When transferring a domain, you will have two options to choose from. Either using the Vercel Dashboard or Vercel CLI.

Using the Vercel Dashboard
- Using the Vercel Dashboard, you can perform a domain transfer by entering the domain you want to transfer in, and the respective authorization code from the domain registrar via the UI like so:

Using the Vercel CLI
- With Vercel CLI, you can run the following command from your terminal.
vercel domains transfer-in [your-domain]

You will be requested to provide an authorization code from your registrar after running this command. Once you get the authorization code from your registrar, paste it into the prompt and the transfer will begin.

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