How to Transfer a Domain from GoDaddy to Cloudflare (Use Cloudflare as Your Domain Registrar!)

Why does mine say cant trasfer until May 9 i never transferred it and i bought it awhile ago is there a way to get that off

Cloudflare or Google for Domain hosting? Which would you say? I heard lots of good things about both. And told that the domain hosting service can affect website performance and one should move away from their web host providers and domain host with either cloudflare or google who are two of the best. Do you know any of the differences?

Thank you this was super useful, totally accurate and up to date (2021!)

Thank you very much for this video. Liked for reciprocal benefit.

I have just purchased my domain name from Godaddy for 2years and changed the name server too. So do I have to pay again to cloudflare for transferring my domain???

Its been 20 hours and the domain registrar has not been updated why?

It's amazing how quick it is nowadays to change domain registrar. It took mere seconds! The last step is very important.

Does Cloudflare keep the contact info of the domain name private? Or is that extra?

Very helpful video. Thank you very much 🙏👍

Fantastic job! You have a great speaking voice and the way you deliver the information is clear and easy to follow. Keep it up.

thank you so much, I love your video, it was so helpful.

I have just purchased my domain name from Godaddy for 2years and changed the name server too. So do I have to pay again to cloudflare for transferring my domain???

What i mean we can just transfer name server but keep the domain on go daddy ?

this is excellent. Thank you

Thank you kindly for this video, sir. I'm a dev, and I have clients that want to move away from GoDaddy (because of their ridiculously high prices for hosting). Super helpful - thanks!

thank you for your infomation

Super helpful! Thank you so much for walking through this process with so much detail. Question: If the domain is forwarded to another URL, do I have to make that change inside CloudFlare once it's moved over? Or will that forward be carried over in the transfer process? I'm aware that the domain you move in this video doesn't have anything on it, so I'm wondering if I need to do something else if the domain is active with content and/or forwarded to a different URL. Thank you!

Thank you sir!

1.5 years later & still valuably helpful, much appreciated!

Is it possible to change the nameservers to something I want after transferring the domain to CloudFlare? I have purchased a domain from CloudFlare, but I was not able to change the nameservers for the domain.
Is it possible to change the name servers of the domain after transfer?

the only tutorial I've seen without testing and giving it a like

GoDaddy is charging me $45 or MORE per year per website - they re a complete corrupt company - like Yelp.

Thank So much for give and detailed and concise tutorial especially the end part to go back and release them via transfer out. It worked exactly the same and I am transferring from simpledomaintools. Those crooks raised all of my domains from 9.99 to 17.99 this month And I have 34 domains. You were a huge help.

VERY VERY HELPFUL! THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR! THANK YOU!!! (YES, I'M YELLING WITH HAPPINESS!!!) 😃

Thank You Thank You Thank You!! Perfect video on how to transfer your domain to Cloudflare. I transferred from another registrar to cloudflare and was able to apply your steps for the trasnfer. Cloudflare should pay you for this tutorial. Better than anything Cloudflare has on their KB's. You should put a link on this video to send donations/gifts to you. I would love to contribute. Thanks again from NYC

Does cloudflair have free ssl?

Does this affect the actual hosting for live websites? I have a couple websites that are online. I want to transfer just the domains to cloudfare. I don't want to change the hosting for the websites.

Is this method still working today? How many days before expiration date should I do the transfer?

This is very helpful... , even in 2023, but what if it's not a virgin domain and it has a bluehost site connected? 🤔

thanks it works!

The Best video. thank you for saving me

great explanation thanks

Really useful video. helped to transfer the domain 👍

Thank you so much for this step by step guide. I will never buy anything from Godaddy ever again.

One step left out was unlocking the domain on Godaddy. If you don't do that the transfer won't take place. And some of the interfaces in godaddy have changed since this video was made. Some are in beta that allow you to switch back to the old interfaces. Then you can follow the video. But once godaddy takes them out of beta and makes them permanent, this video will be obsolete. Hope Wiyre makes a new one then.

can i transfer expired domain?

Thanks!

Thank you for taking the time to make this helpful video!

Ah.!! I need to wait the 60 days

Thank you, that last step was what I was missing.

Thank you . May I know , How long it took for the complete transfer ?

My understanding is that Cloudflare does not provide hosting. So how do you solve that issue?
(I'm new to this)

Thank you, very helpful.

Great tutorial. My only critique would be to add the restrictions to the beginning of the video. I purchased a domain recently and wanted to transfer. Started the process while watching your video and I got stuck because of it. I added a reminder to my calendar, but it would have saved me a bit of time if I knew. Thanks for putting the time into making this walkthrough though!

rumour has it that its not possibel to change the cloudflare DNS records to point to your hosting solution of choice on the free plan? can you confirm or deny this please?

Thanks for video. Its valuable.

3 years later, still very useful. Most of the screens shown here have changed. GoDaddy has become a little more intuitive so it isn't a big deal. I successfully transitioned a change in under an hour, including time spent on watching your video. Thank you!

It really helps, that's so complicated to transfer out