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Transferring your domain from Dotster
Step 1: Unlock your domain name
1. Log in to your account at dotster.com
2. From the “home” tab, go to the “Manage My Domain” section by clicking on “Go Now”
3. Select the domain name to transfer by clicking on its link. You will then see your domain name's information
4.In the “Services for this Domain” on the bottom of the page, you will see “Other services”. From there, you will see
Domain Locking Transfer Lock; Active: YES
Click on “Manage” that follows this line.
5. you will now see the “Domain Lockdown page”. From here, you will see:
Status: LOCKED
Click on “Unlock”
Step 2: Recover your authorization code
6. You will then see a confirmation message page. Click on the link that says “Back To Detail Information”
7. You are now back at your domain's information page.
8. At the very bottom of the page, you will see “Request Transfer Authorization code” clik on this
You will then see a confirmation message saying that your auth code has been sent to you by mail to the owner's e-mail address.
9. In your mails, look for a mail from auto@dotster.com with a subject line like “Authorization Code Request For YOURDOMAIN.COM”
The contents will appear as such:
Your new authorization code is a6XWdoeVgjC1 for the domain EXAMPLE.COM
Step 3: Launch the transfer at Gandi
Go to http://www.gandi.net and follow our standard transfer process for domain names.
You can follow our tutorial on the procedures to transfer a domain name to Gandi at the following page of our wiki: Domain Transfers.