Transfer Domain

The transfer action is used to send a transfer command to the registrar.

CALL

POST - /order/domains/transfer

Request Parameters

Name	Type	Required?	Description
domain	text	Yes	Domain name
eppcode	text	Yes	EPP code of the domain to be transferred
regperiod	numeric	Yes	Registration period
addons [ idprotection => numeric ]	array	No	Enables DNS management, email forwarding, and/or id protection for this domain
nameservers [ text, #nameserver1 text, #nameserver2 text, #nameserver3 text, #nameserver4 text, #nameserver5 ]	array	Yes	nameserver1 and nameserver2 are required. nameserver3, nameserver4, nameserver5 are optional
contacts [ registrant [ firstname => text, lastname => text, fullname => text, companyname => text, email => text, address1 => text, address2 => text, city => text, state => text, zipcode => text, country => text, phonenumber => text ], tech [ firstname => text, lastname => text, fullname => text, companyname => text, email => text, address1 => text, address2 => text, city => text, state => text, zipcode => text, country => text, phonenumber => text ] billing [ firstname => text, lastname => text, fullname => text, companyname => text, email => text, address1 => text, address2 => text, city => text, state => text, zipcode => text, country => text, phonenumber => text ] admin [ firstname => text, lastname => text, fullname => text, companyname => text, email => text, address1 => text, address2 => text, city => text, state => text, zipcode => text, country => text, phonenumber => text ]	array	Yes	Contact Details

Sample Transfer Domain Request

endpoint ="https://www.whogohost.com/host/modules/addons/DomainsReseller/api/index.php";
$action = "/order/domains/transfer";
$params [
    "domain"    => "example.com",     
    "eppcode"    => "123GJE4", 
    "regperiod" => "1",
    "nameservers" => [
      "nsa.whogohost.com",
      "nsb.whogohost.com",
      ],

    "contacts"  => [
        €œregistrant€ => [
         "firstname" => "example",
         "lastname" => "testing",
         "fullname" => "example testing",
         "companyname"  => "textmachine",
         "email"  => "exam@gmail.com",
         "address1"  => "4 office",
         "address2"  => "",
         "city"  => "Lag",
         "state"  => "Lagos",
         "zipcode"  => "110001",
         "country"  => "Nigeria",
         "phonenumber" => "+234.812345678"
       ],
      €œtech€ => [
         "firstname" => "example",
         "lastname" => "testing",
         "fullname" => "example testing",
         "companyname"  => "textmachine",
         "email"  => "exam@gmail.com",
         "address1"  => "4 office",
         "address2"  => "",
         "city"  => "Lag",
         "state"  => "Lagos",
         "zipcode"  => "110001",
         "country"  => "Nigeria",
         "phonenumber" => "+234.87546898"
       ],
      €œbilling€ => [
         "firstname" => "example",
         "lastname" => "testing",
         "fullname" => "example testing",
         "companyname"  => "textmachine",
         "email"  => "exam@gmail.com",
         "address1"  => "4 office",
         "address2"  => "",
         "city"  => "Lag",
         "state"  => "Lagos",
         "zipcode"  => "110001",
         "country"  => "Nigeria",
         "phonenumber" => "+234.812345678"
       ],
      €œadmin€ => [
         "firstname" => "example",
         "lastname" => "testing",
         "fullname" => "example testing",
         "companyname"  => "textmachine",
         "email"  => "exam@gmail.com",
         "address1"  => "4 office",
         "address2"  => "",
         "city"  => "Lag",
         "state"  => "Lagos",
         "zipcode"  => "110001",
         "country"  => "Nigeria",
         "phonenumber" => "+234.812345678"
       ],
   ]

];
$headers = [
    "username: email@example.com",
    "token: ". base64_encode(hash_hmac("sha256", "1234567890QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM", "email@example.com:".gmdate("y-m-d H")))
];

$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, "{$endpoint}{$action}");
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query($params));
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, true);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
curl_close($curl);

Transfer Domain

August 12, 2026

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