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How to transfer a domain to lemlist

Move a domain you already own from another registrar into lemlist, using the Auth/EPP code your current registrar gives you.

This article shows you how to move a domain you already own into lemlist, so the registration itself lives in your lemlist account instead of at your old registrar. You search for the domain, click Transfer, and paste the authorization code your current registrar issues.

If you only want to use your domain with lemlist and keep it where it is, you do not want a transfer. Use the external domain route instead: the domain stays at your registrar and you point its nameservers at lemlist. See Connect an external domain to lemlist.

Domains page showing the Add external domain button
Add external domain modal explaining ownership verification and nameserver updates

Before you start

  • Transferring a domain to lemlist is free.

  • The authorization code comes from your current registrar. lemlist cannot issue it for you.

  • A transfer moves the registration. Once it completes you manage the domain in lemlist, not at your old registrar.

  • The Transfer button appears next to any domain that is already registered, including domains you do not own. Seeing it does not confirm that the domain is yours or that the transfer will be accepted.

Prerequisites

  • You own the domain at another registrar and can log in there.

  • You can retrieve the domain's authorization code, also called the Auth code or EPP code.

Transfer the domain

Step 1: open your domain settings

  1. Click your profile in the bottom-left corner, then Settings.

  2. Open Buy domains & emails, then click Buy/add domain.

Domains settings page showing Buy domains & emails and Buy/add domain

Step 2: find your domain

  1. Type the domain you already own into the search field and click Search.

  2. Your domain appears under Result with a Transfer button beside it. Domains still available to register show Buy domain and a price instead.

✅ Verify: your exact domain, spelling and extension, is the entry under Result, not one of the suggestions under Other options.

Buy domain search results showing a Transfer button for an existing domain

Step 3: authorize the transfer

  1. Click Transfer. A window opens titled Transfer [your domain] - Authorization.

  2. Check that Domain to transfer shows the right domain, paste your code into AUTH CODE, then click Next.

✅ Verify: the code is accepted and lemlist moves you on rather than returning you to the search results.

Transfer authorization modal asking for the Auth code for the domain

Troubleshooting

My domain shows Buy domain instead of Transfer

The domain is not registered by anyone, so lemlist is offering to register it for you rather than move it.
​Fix: check the spelling and the extension, and make sure you searched the domain you actually own rather than one of the suggestions under Other options.
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I do not have an Auth or EPP code

The code is issued by your current registrar, not by lemlist.
​Fix: log in to your registrar, open the domain's management or transfer section, and request or copy the authorization code. Then return to lemlist and paste it in.
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My code is rejected

The code may be mistyped, expired, or carrying a stray space.
​Fix: re-copy it directly from your registrar, check for spaces before or after it, and generate a fresh code if it still fails.
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I want to use my domain with lemlist without moving it

You need to connect the domain, not transfer it.
​Fix: on the Domains page, click Add external domain and follow Connect an external domain to lemlist. Your domain stays at your current registrar.

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