Who pays transfer fee for auction?

[onlyme]

I have completed an auction and they buyer agreed to pay a lot of money for the domain name, but they are complaining about paying for the domain name transfer.

On most auction sites, is it the buyer who pays?

I really do not understand why someone would pay big money for a domain name and then not want to pay less than $10 to transfer it??

 

[cdboard]

buyer usually pays for the transfer. how could the seller pay for it?

remind them that (almost always) the domain gets extended by a year when transferred.

why do they need to transfer it?

can they open an account at the registrar that has the domain now?

 

[BrandChimp]

They need to purchase a "transfer" at their registrar.
The best way is to push the domain. Once they own it, they can do whatever they want with it.

 

[discobull]

I have completed an auction and they buyer agreed to pay a lot of money for the domain name, but they are complaining about paying for the domain name transfer.

On most auction sites, is it the buyer who pays?

I really do not understand why someone would pay big money for a domain name and then not want to pay less than $10 to transfer it??

Buyer always pays because they are getting an additional year of registration out of it and because moving it to another registrar is their choice, not yours. The buyer has the option to open a free account at the present registrar, in which case you could push it to their account at no additional charge to anyone.

 

[RaiderGirl]

What auction was it sold on?

I agree with dotbay, you should push the domain within the Registrar where it's at right now, Send the buyer a registration link to create an account at your Registrar and have the buyer send you the user name for the push.. It beats waiting a week for the losing and gaining Registrars, And best of all, theirs NO fee so the buyer cant bitch about it.

 

[onlyme]

buyer usually pays for the transfer. how could the seller pay for it?

remind them that (almost always) the domain gets extended by a year when transferred.

why do they need to transfer it?

can they open an account at the registrar that has the domain now?

Thanks for your help.

What do you mean by opening an account at the registrar that has the domain now?

 

[onlyme]

What does everyone mean by "push"?

 

[Sheogorath]

Push to account is a free change of ownership of a domain name within the registrar, from one account to the other.
There is no need to transfer the domain name to a different registrar in order to change ownership, it can occur within the same registrar.
I prefer this method when selling domain names, though some buyers are not too eager to accept this.
It also saves time for both buyer and seller.
Here are two examples:
https://support.godaddy.com/help/article/822/moving-a-domain-name-out-of-your-account
http://support.name.com/entries/21454091-Internal-transfer

 

[VNA]

What do you mean by opening an account at the registrar that has the domain now?

For example, if the domain is registered at godaddy or whatever registrar, you can ask the buyer to register an account at the same website. Then, you can push the domain to the buyer's account for free.

What does everyone mean by "push"?

Push means transferring the domain to an account at the same registrar. For example, if the domain is at Godaddy, you can push the domain to another account (buyer's) at GD through account change option.

 

[onlyme]

Buyer agreed to pay fees. We are on our way!
Thanks for advices about domain push. Really helped because buyer no like my registrar.

 

[DnEbook]

Many buyers have accounts at different registrars and do an inhouse transfer, then later on they transfer out. Normally makes for quicker possession of the name and they can chill out then.