Domain API

What is the New Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP)?

The Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) governs domain name transfers between ICANN registrars. The new provisions in the IRTP now specifically include changes to domain ownership (changes to the registrant). This means that any time a material change to a domain name's registrant first name, last name, or email address occurs, a sequence of confirmations, approvals, and possibly emails are now required for registrant information to be modified. Please keep in mind that now even small changes to a domain name's registrant first name, last name, organization, and email address may trigger the validation process. This new policy takes effect on December 1, 2016.

ICANN has reviewed the policies that govern domain transfers in the gTLD and nTLD spaces and has come up with a new Transfer Policy which includes a new process: Registrant Transfer (Change of Registrant). This new Transfer Policy will become effective December 1, 2016. A change of registrant have to be requested with a TradeDomain command.

Following new parameters are created:
Designated Agent (DA) of the new registrant: X-CONFIRM-DA-NEW-REGISTRANT = 1
Designated Agent (DA) of the old registrant: X-CONFIRM-DA-OLD-REGISTRANT = 0 | 1

TRADEDOMAIN

[COMMAND]

COMMAND = TradeDomain
DOMAIN = <DOMAIN>

REQUIRED

OWNERCONTACT0 = <CONTACT>
X-CONFIRM-DA-NEW-REGISTRANT = 1
X-CONFIRM-DA-OLD-REGISTRANT = 1

[RESPONSE]

DESCRIPTION = Command completed successfully; realtime domain trade succeeded
CODE = 200

Information

The domain will locked for transfer for sixty (60) days after a successful execution of the TradeDomain command.

STATUSDOMAIN

[COMMAND]

COMMAND = StatusDomain
DOMAIN = <DOMAIN>

[RESPONSE]

CODE = 200
DESCRIPTION = Command completed successfully
PROPERTY[STATUS][0] = ACTIVE
PROPERTY[STATUS][1] = clientTransferProhibited
...
PROPERTY[CURRENT-REGISTRANT-NAME][0] = ...
PROPERTY[CURRENT-REGISTRANT-ORGANIZATION][0] = ...
PROPERTY[CURRENT-REGISTRANT-EMAIL][0] = ...
...
PROPERTY[TRANSFERLOCK][0] = 1
PROPERTY[TRANSFERLOCK-EXPIRATIONDATE][0] = YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
PROPERTY[TRADE-TRANSFERLOCK-EXPIRATIONDATE][0] = YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
...

MODIFYDOMAIN

A removal of the transferlock via a ModifyDomain command is not possible for sixty (60) days after a successful change of registrant without the OPT-OUT option.

[COMMAND]

COMMAND = ModifyDomain
DOMAIN = <DOMAIN>
...

OPTIONAL

TRANSFERLOCK = 0

[RESPONSE]

CODE = 552
DESCRIPTION = Object status does not allow for operation; Change of Registrant TRANSFERLOCK in place until YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS

TRADEDOMAIN with OPT-OUT

To avoid the sixty (60) day transferlock, you have the option to request the TradeDomain command with the additional parameter X-REQUEST-OPT-OUT-TRANSFERLOCK = 1. The activation of this parameter triggers an email. The old registrant will receive an email requesting the confirmation of the change of registrant. This email have to be approved within fourteen (14) days to complete the TRADE request and avoid the sixty (60) days transferlock.

[COMMAND]

COMMAND = TradeDomain
DOMAIN = <DOMAIN>

REQUIRED

OWNERCONTACT0 = P-ABC123
X-CONFIRM-DA-NEW-REGISTRANT = 1
X-REQUEST-OPT-OUT-TRANSFERLOCK = 1

OPTIONAL

X-CONFIRM-DA-OLD-REGISTRANT = 0

[RESPONSE]

DESCRIPTION = Command completed successfully; trade pending - non-real-time
CODE = 200
PENDING = 1