.LY transfer questions: time, auth code, renewal
With the auth code and nothing blocking it, a .ly transfer completes instantly, with no approval step at your current registrar. The time left carries over, and a year is added to the expiry date.
How long the transfer takes
Instantly, when nothing blocks it. There's no approval step at your current registrar. A wrong auth code, a registrar lock or an expired name blocks a transfer: fix it and the transfer can be retried. A name can't move within 3 days of a registration or a previous transfer.
The time you have left
It carries over. The time left with your current registrar stays on the name, and the transfer renews it for one year on top.
Renewing for more than a year
The transfer adds one year, on top of the time the name has left. You can add more years once the transfer is done.
Expired names
An expired name can't move: its status must read OK or Active. Check it in the .LY WHOIS before you start. An expired name can move only once it's renewed or restored: what happens after expiry.
The auth code
Get it from your current registrar. If you can't, go to whois.nic.ly and choose Key Retrieval at the top of the page: complete the form and the auth code is sent to the email address on the name. Getting the auth code, on the .LY transfer page.
Moving a name to another reg.ly account
Free. The registration period isn't extended, and the move is final. Open a ticket with the new owner's email and phone number.
Why people transfer
For different reasons. When cost matters, people move a domain to the registrar with the better price. A transfer to reg.ly is $75.00 and includes a year added to the expiry date.