Registrar transfer to Amazon Registrar

Amazon Route 53 Domains uses two registrars to register domains for customers: Amazon Registrar, a registrar owned and operated by AWS, and Gandi, a registrar associate we work with. Initially, most Route 53 domains were registered through Gandi because Amazon Registrar was not directly accredited for many top-level domains (TLDs), such as .com or .club. Now that Amazon Registrar is directly accredited with hundreds of TLDs (and growing), we will begin transferring domains registered through Gandi to Amazon Registrar on your behalf.

This will not change how you manage the domain within Route 53, it will merely update the registrar of record for your domain from Gandi to Amazon Registrar. The transfer will take place during the domain renewal process and only the standard renewal charge will apply. After the transfer is completed, new requests to transfer your domain to a new registrar outside of AWS may be delayed. Route 53 will inform impacted domain registrants 15 days before the transfer on renewal occurs. This process is outlined in our Domain Name Registration Agreement (see section 3.11.5).

This transfer is mandatory if you want to continue using Route 53 service to manage your domains. If you don't want to use Amazon Registrar to manage your domain, you will need to transfer your domain to another registrar within 15 days of receiving the notice of transfer on renewal from AWS.