• confirm if your domain name can be transferred. Click here to read more >>
   
• check if you require to obtain a Domain (Transfer) Secret or Authorization Code (known as Unique Domain Authentication ID (UDAI) for .NZ domain names) for your domain name prior to placing a Transfer request. Click here to read more >>

Once you have confirmed the above, you may place a Transfer request for your domain name with SK SmartSoft, by following the below mentioned steps:

Transfer Process for Customers

1. Login to your Control Panel from http://cp.sksmartsoft.com/customer.
    
2. In the Control Panel, go to Domains -> Domain Registration -> Transfer.
    
3. Now, enter the domain name you wish to Transfer and the Domain (Transfer) Secret.
    
   IMPORTANT

   In case of a .CC/.TV domain name, you may provide a Transfer Secret/Authorization Code if the domain name has a Transfer Secret/Authorization Code set at the Current Registrar. Else, you can leave the Transfer Secret field blank.

4. Select the various Contacts (Registrant, Admin, Technical & Billing Contact) for this domain name. You may select from the available list of Contacts or Add a New Contact.
    
   IMPORTANT

   In case of a .NZ domain name, you need to select only the Registrant Contact, since a NZ domain name has only a Registrant Contact associated with it.

5. You may choose to enable Privacy Protection for your domain name by selecting the Privacy Protection check box. Click here to read what is Privacy Protection >>
    
6. Next, select the check box to agree to the associated Product Agreement(s).
    
   IMPORTANT

   This is a mandatory action.

7. Proceed with the Payment of the Invoice. Click here to read more details on Payment >>
    
8. After you have placed the Transfer Order, the Administrative Contact for the domain name will receive an e-mail from SK SmartSoft for the Transfer Authorization process, which needs to be approved within 5 days (or else it is assumed that the Admin Contact does not wish for the Transfer to complete and the Order is deleted in our system).
    
9. Once the mail has been approved by the Administrative Contact, the Current Registrar will be notified regarding the same. The Current Registrar will send an e-mail to the Registrant and/or the Administrative Contact of the concerned domain name to confirm that they wish to Transfer their domain name. If the Transfer is not denied by either the Registrant or the Administrative Contact or the Current Registrar, the domain name will be Transferred to you under SK SmartSoft in 5 days.

IMPORTANT

• Upon initiating a Transfer request, our system would display the Status of the Transfer Order in the Order Details view of the domain name, until the Transfer completes or fails. Click here to know what the Status of a Domain Name (except .EU and .UK) under Transfer implies >>
   
• If for any reason you wish to fail a domain name Transfer (excluding .NZ), you may do so from within the Order Details view. Click here to know how you may accomplish this >>
   
• Transfer of a domain name (except .UK) will result in a one year Renewal of the domain name. Click here to read about a situation in which the Registration term doesn't get extended upon Transfer >>
   
• Once a domain name (except .NZ) is transferred to SK SmartSoft from another Registrar, our system would automatically enable Theft Protection for it. Click here to know more about Theft Protection >>
   
• Once a domain name having an associated Domain (Transfer) Secret is transferred to SK SmartSoft from another Registrar, our system would set a new Domain (Transfer) Secret for such a domain name. This process is implemented from a security perspective. Click here to know about locating and modifying the Domain (Transfer) Secret for your domain name (except .EU and .UK) >>
   
• Transfer of a .NZ domain name does not involve approval by the Registrant Contact through email/fax. Once a Transfer request is initiated, the .NZ Registry authenticates the Transfer through the provided Unique Domain Authentication ID (UDAI) and completes the Transfer instantly.
  
  The Transfer of a .NZ domain name will result in generation of a new Unique Domain Authentication ID (UDAI). This process is implemented from a security perspective. Click here to know about locating and modifying the UDAI for your .NZ domain name >>

Transfer Process for Resellers

1. Login to your Control Panel from http://cp.sksmartsoft.com/reseller.
    
2. In the Control Panel, go to Products -> Domain Registration -> Transfer.
    
3. Now, enter the domain name you wish to Transfer and the Domain (Transfer) Secret.
    
   IMPORTANT

   In case of a .CC/.TV domain name, you may provide a Transfer Secret/Authorization Code if the domain name has a Transfer Secret/Authorization Code set at the Current Registrar. Else, you can leave the Transfer Secret field blank.

4. Enter the Username (Email Address) of the Customer, on whose behalf you wish to buy this Service. If the Customer is new, you can Add the Customer, by filling the form given there.
    
5. Select the various Contacts (Registrant, Admin, Technical & Billing Contact) for this domain name. You may select from the available list of Contacts or Add a New Contact.
    
   IMPORTANT

   In case of a .NZ domain name, you need to select only the Registrant Contact, since a NZ domain name has only a Registrant Contact associated with it.

6. You may choose enable Privacy Protection for your domain name by selecting the Privacy Protection check box. Click here to read what is Privacy Protection >>
    
7. Next, select the check box to agree to the associated Product Agreement(s).
    
   IMPORTANT

   This is a mandatory action.

    
8. Proceed with the Payment of the Invoice. Click here to read more details on Payment >>
    
9. After you have placed the Transfer Order, the Administrative Contact for the domain name will receive an e-mail from SK SmartSoft for the Transfer Authorization process, which needs to be approved within 5 days (or else it is assumed that the Admin Contact does not wish for the Transfer to complete and the Order is deleted in our system).
    
10. Once the mail has been approved by the Administrative Contact, the Current Registrar will be notified regarding the same. The Current Registrar will send an e-mail to the Registrant and/or the Administrative Contact of the concerned domain name to confirm that they wish to Transfer their domain name. If the Transfer is not denied by either the Registrant or the Administrative Contact or the Current Registrar, the domain name will be Transferred to you under SK SmartSoft in 5 days.

IMPORTANT

• Upon initiating a Transfer request, our system would display the Status of the Transfer Order in the Order Details view of the domain name, until the Transfer completes or fails. Click here to know what the Status of a Domain Name (except .EU and .UK) under Transfer implies >>
   
• If for any reason you wish to fail a domain name Transfer (excluding .NZ), you may do so from within the Order Details view. Click here to know how you may accomplish this >>
   
• Transfer of a domain name (except .UK) will result in a one year Renewal of the domain name. Click here to read about a situation in which the Registration term doesn't get extended upon Transfer >>
   
• Once a domain name (except .NZ) is transferred to SK SmartSoft from another Registrar, our system would automatically enable Theft Protection for it. Click here to know more about Theft Protection >>
   
• Once a domain name having an associated Domain (Transfer) Secret is transferred to SK SmartSoft from another Registrar, our system would set a new Domain (Transfer) Secret for such a domain name. This process is implemented from a security perspective. Click here to know about locating and modifying the Domain (Transfer) Secret for your domain name (except .EU and .UK) >>
   
• Transfer of a .NZ domain name does not involve approval by the Registrant Contact through email/fax. Once a Transfer request is initiated, the .NZ Registry authenticates the Transfer through the provided Unique Domain Authentication ID (UDAI) and completes the Transfer instantly.
  
  The Transfer of a .NZ domain name will result in generation of a new Unique Domain Authentication ID (UDAI). This process is implemented from a security perspective. Click here to know about locating and modifying the UDAI for your .NZ domain name >>