How to transfer your Internet Domain to AWS Route 53

These are the steps to transfer an Internet domain (domenech.org in this example) to AWS Route 53.

This is not a DNS configuration migration. This is only to make AWS our Domain registrar. 

1- Check your current domain registration information

Make sure that your contact details are up to date and that you have all you need to administer your domain configuration (valid email addresses, the domain is not about to expire, the domain is not locked, etc.)

2- Request the Authorisation Code to your current Registrar

The goal of the whole process is to transfer the registrar authority from one registrar (your current) to a new one (AWS). The method to authenticate that this is an authorised request is the Authorisation Code. 

Each provider has a different method to obtain this code. I.e: These are the instructions for GoDaddy. 

3- Initiate the Transfer Domain Wizard

- On the Route 53 Console: Click on "Registered Domains" and "Transfer Domain" button.

- Type your Internet Domain name and select its TLD (domenech.org in this case).

4- Authorisation Code and your current DNS server

Enter here the Authorisation Code you have received from your current Registrar.

Enter here your current DNS servers names. There is room for 4 server but 2 servers is the minimum required.

Remember: These are your current DNS servers. No change here. We are migrating only the Internet Domain registrar of your domain.

5- Fulfil your contact details

6- Review & Purchase

7- noreply@domainnameverification.net email

The process has been initiated and now should be on pending status.

You can track it on the Route 53 Console Dashboard:

After a couple of days you will receive an email from noreply@domainnameverification.net asking you to approve the transfer. Follow those instructions.

8- Done. Your Internet Domain is now under Amazon Web Services control

9- Test

A good way to test that Internet got it right is to perform a "Who Is" from a public service like http://www.whois.net and query your domain.

Here below the current output of that query for domenech.org. Notice that my personal details are obfuscated by a third party registrar. AWS has delegated the domain registration to http://www.gandi.net/whois and this service includes information obfuscation without any additional cost.

Domain Name:DOMENECH.ORG Domain ID: D85970450-LROR Creation Date: 2002-04-25T19:34:26Z Updated Date: 2014-10-25T00:20:22Z Registry Expiry Date: 2016-04-25T19:34:26Z Sponsoring Registrar:Gandi SAS (R42-LROR) Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 81 WHOIS Server:  Referral URL:  Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited Registrant ID:JD10503-GANDI Registrant Name:Juan Domenech Registrant Organization: Registrant Street: Whois Protege / Obfuscated whois Registrant Street: Gandi, 63-65 boulevard Massena Registrant City:Paris Registrant State/Province: Registrant Postal Code:75013 Registrant Country:FR Registrant Phone:+33.170377666 Registrant Phone Ext:  Registrant Fax: +33.143730576 Registrant Fax Ext:  Registrant Email:a517c25f3bd3ea62979ed4e973f86c48-2042264@contact.gandi.net Admin ID:JD10502-GANDI Admin Name:Juan Domenech Admin Organization: Admin Street: Whois Protege / Obfuscated whois Admin Street: Gandi, 63-65 boulevard Massena Admin City:Paris Admin State/Province: Admin Postal Code:75013 Admin Country:FR Admin Phone:+33.170377666 Admin Phone Ext:  Admin Fax: +33.143730576 Admin Fax Ext:  Admin Email:254445e386172ccaea82940961ab1cf2-2042260@contact.gandi.net Tech ID:JD10504-GANDI Tech Name:Juan Domenech Tech Organization: Tech Street: Whois Protege / Obfuscated whois Tech Street: Gandi, 63-65 boulevard Massena Tech City:Paris Tech State/Province: Tech Postal Code:75013 Tech Country:FR Tech Phone:+33.170377666 Tech Phone Ext:  Tech Fax: +33.143730576 Tech Fax Ext:  Tech Email:0d4fec3c29117f4dd0034f2b144b1ee4-2042268@contact.gandi.net Name Server:NS1.CELINGEST.ES Name Server:NS2.CELINGEST.ES Name Server:NS3.CELINGEST.ES Name Server:  Name Server:  Name Server:  Name Server:  Name Server:  Name Server:  Name Server:  Name Server:  Name Server:  Name Server:  DNSSEC:Unsigned