Custom Domain Help

[luke]

Hi, @eclecticcoding, and welcome to our Netlify community site. We have answers!

First, you can move you DNS to Netlify but that isn’t the same as transferring the domain to us. More here:

[Support Guide] How do I transfer my domain name to (or away from) Netlify?

Last checked by Netlify Support Team July 2025 Great question! Answer: You can’t transfer a domain name to Netlify- but, if you buy a domain using Netlify you can transfer it to another registrar. Wait?!? What??? Netlify is not a domain name registrar. Registrars are the companies and organizations which sell domain names. Only official registrars can accept inbound domain transfers. Because we are not a registrar, you cannot transfer a domain name to us. Netlify works equally well with…

Second, regarding minimal (or zero) downtime when transferring your site and/or DNS to Netlify, please see the following topics:

[Support Guide] How do I migrate a domain to Netlify DNS with zero downtime?

Last reviewed by Netlify Support - July 2025 IMPORTANT UPDATE While many details in this support guide remain valuable information, the best guide for a zero downtime DNS migration can be found here: However, there is still great information below and our support team will continue to link people to sub-sections of this support guide when they are relevant to someone’s particular situation or question. What is this topic about? This topic covers copying your existing DNS records from your c…

and:

[Support Guide] Minimal downtime for a live site DNS migration

Last reviewed by Netlify Support - July 2025 IMPORTANT UPDATE While many details in this support guide remain valuable information, the best guide for a zero downtime DNS migration can be found here: However, there is still great information below and our support team will continue to link people to sub-sections of this support guide when they are relevant to someone’s particular situation or question. The trick with migrating a live site is all in DNS timing. Specifically, we can't get a…

If there are other questions after reading those, please let us know here and we’ll be happy to answer.