Transfer-in fees and rules

Domain transfer-in, also known as changing the domain registrar, involves transferring a domain from its current registrar to VM for management. This article introduces the fees for transferring a domain to VM and some rules to follow during the transfer.

Fees

The domain transfer itself is free. However, according to the regulations of ICANN and CNNIC, the domain transfer registrar must extend the expiration date of the domain by one year. For example, if the original expiration date of the domain is August 1, 2016, after the transfer is successful, the expiration date will be August 1, 2017. When transferring a domain, you must pay for one year's renewal fee, which means the price for the domain transfer is the cost of renewing the domain for one year.

The transfer price varies for domains with different suffixes. The specific transfer price for each domain will be based on the actual settlement price of the order.

Description

• If the domain renewal has reached the maximum limit of 10 years, after successfully transferring to VM, the domain cannot have an additional year added to its renewal term.

• If the domain has expired and has been renewed at the original registrar, it needs to be transferred to VM after 45 days of successful renewal. Otherwise, according to the registry's regulations, after the domain is transferred, the renewal fee paid to the original registrar will be refunded, and the transfer fee charged by the new registrar will be deducted. In this case, the domain will not be able to have an additional year added to its renewal term after the transfer.

Rules

Transferring a domain to VM must comply with the following transfer rules:

• Must genuinely exist and contain legal characters.

• Must be registered for more than 60 days.

• The domain under the CNNIC registry, they cannot be transferred within 15 days before their expiration.

• Must not be in a state of transfer prohibition set by the registrar (clientTransferProhibited) or by the registry (serverTransferProhibited).

• Must not be in a state of dispute, arbitration, or court-ordered transfer restrictions.

Description

• Before transferring a domain to VM, ensure that the domain owner's email is correct and valid, and verify the domain owner's email.

• Before transferring a domain to VM, you need to have an information template that has been verified. Please see the information template verification.