Domain Transfer from Godaddy
I've done all the prerequisites on Godaddy's end. I've turned off the privacy, downgraded plan, unlocked the domain, and received and authorization code for transfer. But I have no clue what to do next, the documentation on adding the proper "nameserver" is pretty abhorrent. Can someone help me understand in a clear way what I need to do? Because on Cloudflare it says the domain is currently ineligible in the registration page. Thanks so much!
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The Registrar page says "ineligible" under transfer domains?
https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/domains/transfer
Could also just have been that it needed sometime. What's the domain extension/tld?
No I tried again just now and it still doesn't work.
The extension is just .com
What's the domain? Is it a premium domain by chance?
I don't believe so.
Should be regular.
That domain isn't using Cloudflare Nameservers. You can only transfer domains active in Cloudflare, using CF DNS
Yeah ok that's the part I'm confused about then, because the documentation isn't very clear on proper nameservers when specifically trying to transfer a domain.
You just add the website to Cloudflare as normal, change the nameservers as it tells you to, and wait for it to become active
But see that's the issue. I can't add the website to CloudFlare at all. That's what I mean when I say I'm confused. It just says it's ineligible. But the documentation says wrong nameservers could be a reason why the transfer doesn't work but I can't initiate the transfer at all.
Perhaps it'll take more time for it to become eligible since I changed the domain settings last night.
If you go to Websites -> Add Site, it says "ineligible"?
https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/add-site
Ah this one actually works. Was using the wrong page. Sorry about that. Thanks so much for your help!