Transferring a domain out of Vercel and transferring it to Netlify

[noahlst]

I purchased a domain through the Vercel platform. We’re struggling to decouple it from Vercel and transfer to Netlify.

Support has told me to turn off the NS1 nameservers, but again this is proving hard in Vercel. Is there a way to transfer the domain from Vercel to Netlify. There’s no Vercel project associated with the domain as well.

Additionally, I do also have a domain transfer auth code, but I’m not sure if that can be used with the Netlify platform. Thanks.

[hartanto]

Apparently it’s not possible to transfer a domain to Netlify.

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

Last checked by Netlify Support Team Aug 2023 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 …

What you can do is use other registrars for your domain place, such as Name.‎‎com, Namecheap, Porkbun or Google Domains.

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If you want to point your domain to Netlify though, you just need to change the nameservers to the one listed on your Netlify site dashboard.

[coelmay]

Hey @noahlst

@hartanto is correct, you cannot transfer a domain into Netlify. Your option (as stated above) is to transfer it from Vercel to another registrar. You then have the choice to use Netlify DNS

Netlify DNS

or configure the domain using the registrar’s DNS

Configure external DNS for a custom domain