To transfer a domain from Route 53 to another registrar:
- Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Route 53 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/route53/.
- In the navigation pane, choose Registered Domains.
- Choose the name of the domain that you want to transfer to another registrar.
- On the Registered domains > domain name page, check the value of Domain name status code. If it is one of the following values, you can’t currently transfer the domain: pendingDelete pendingTransfer redemptionPeriod clientTransferProhibited serverTransferProhibited
- If the value of Transfer lock is Enabled, choose Disable.
- Choose Save.
- All domains except .co.za, .es, .jp, .ru, .uk, .co.uk, .me.uk, and .org.uk domains – On the Registered Domains > domain name page, at Authorization Code, choose Get code and make note of the authorization code. You’ll provide this value to your registrar later in this procedure.
- If you’re transferring DNS service to another provider, use the methods that are provided by the new DNS service to perform the following tasks: Create a hosted zone Create records that reproduce the functionality of your Route 53 records Get the name servers that the new DNS service assigned to your hosted zone
- Use the process that is provided by the new registrar to request a transfer of the domain.
- If you still want to use Route 53 as your DNS service provider, use the process that is provided by the new registrar to specify the names of the Route 53 name servers that you got in step 8. If you want to use another DNS service provider, specify the names of the name servers that the new provider gave you when you created a new hosted zone in step 9.
- Respond to the confirmation email