Also called push · account change · internal transfer
Registrar push, explained
The seller enters the buyer's account ID or username in the registrar's push or account-change tool, and at some registrars the buyer must accept it. It usually completes within minutes at no charge and leaves the creation and expiry dates unchanged. Because it is not a transfer between registrars, ICANN's 60-day transfer restrictions do not apply, which makes a push the fastest way to deliver a recently registered or caught name.
The buyer needs an account at the same registrar, so settle that early. Push only after payment is secured, ideally through escrow, since reversing a completed push is difficult. After receiving the name the buyer should update the registrant details; under ICANN's current Transfer Policy, that change triggers a 60-day lock on moving the name to another registrar unless the registrant opted out first.
Example. Once the escrow agent confirmed payment, the seller pushed the domain to the buyer's account at the same registrar, and the buyer had control within minutes.
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