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Sale and Transfer Process

For a private sale of JDRE.ca, the seller would use the registrar itself as the technical transfer mechanism and a simple written sale agreement between the seller and the buyer. No escrow company or paid intermediary is necessary.

The transfer will be completed through GoDaddy’s domain transfer and change-of-registrant process. Keeping the transaction within GoDaddy provides a straightforward and secure way to transfer ownership without requiring either party to use a third-party escrow or paid transfer service.

1. Agree on the sale and verify both parties

Before any money or transfer occurs, the seller and buyer exchange their legal names, addresses, email addresses, and telephone numbers and sign a short written Domain Sale Agreement identifying JDRE.ca, the purchase price, payment method, transfer procedure, and the date of transfer.

The agreement should state that:

• The seller represents that they control JDRE.ca and have the right to sell it.
• The domain is being sold free of known liens, claims, or other ownership interests.
• The buyer confirms that they satisfy CIRA's Canadian Presence Requirements for a .CA domain.
• The buyer accepts the domain in its existing technical condition unless specifically agreed otherwise.
• The sale becomes final when the domain registration has been transferred to the buyer.
• Each party is responsible for protecting their own account credentials and banking information.

CIRA requires the new registrant of a .CA domain to meet its Canadian Presence Requirements (CIRA).

2. Buyer pays; seller verifies the payment independently

The buyer sends the agreed purchase price directly to the seller using an agreed payment method.

The seller independently verifies that the money has actually arrived and is irrevocably available in the seller's own bank account.

For maximum protection, the agreement can specify:

Payment and transfer are simultaneous obligations. The seller shall initiate the domain transfer only after the full purchase price has been independently verified as received.

The buyer should also avoid sending sensitive banking credentials or account passwords to the seller.

3. Transfer JDRE.ca through the registrar/CIRA process

After confirmed payment, the seller contacts the current registrar and requests the authorization/EPP code and confirms that JDRE.ca is unlocked.

CIRA states that the authorization-code request must originate from the administrative contact, and the registrar must provide the code within five days. The buyer then uses the code with the new registrar to initiate the transfer (CIRA).

For a private sale, the safest sequence is: seller unlocks domain → seller provides authorization code → buyer initiates transfer → seller approves any required confirmation → CIRA/registrar completes transfer.

The seller should never give the buyer access to the seller's registrar account. Only the domain's transfer authorization information should be provided.

CIRA also recognizes a direct change of registrant: the current registrant can request the registrar to change the registrant to another person, provided the prospective registrant meets CIRA's requirements (CIRA).

4. Confirm completion and close the transaction

Both parties independently verify that the transfer has completed.

The buyer should confirm:

• JDRE.ca appears in the buyer's registrar account.
• The buyer is shown as the registrant.
• The buyer controls the registrar account.
• The buyer can manage DNS.
• The domain's expiration date and registration details are correct.
• Any website/email/DNS services that were supposed to remain with the seller have been separated.

The seller should confirm that JDRE.ca has disappeared from the seller's registrar account or that the registrant change has been completed.

Both parties should then retain:

• the signed sale agreement;
• payment evidence;
• transfer/registrar confirmation;
• correspondence concerning the transaction.

CIRA says that a completed registrar transfer generally takes about five to seven days, although its support documentation notes that the transfer itself can be instantaneous once the new registrar submits a valid request and the domain is unlocked (CIRA).

Security rule: Never exchange registrar passwords, CIRA passwords, email passwords, authentication codes, or recovery codes as part of the sale. The authorization/EPP code is specifically intended to authorize the domain transfer; it is not a substitute for either party's account credentials.