The registrar moves the name.
Sleekdomains can confirm a request and point you to the next email. It cannot push a domain from one registrar account to another.
Who does what
- Buyer. The person who asks to buy a listed name, make an offer, or start a rent-to-own plan.
- Seller. The person who controls a name and asks to list it, or the party that controls one of the catalog names.
- Marketplace. Sleekdomains. We show the names and take requests. We do not charge a card, hold the purchase money, or register the name.
- Registrar. The company where the name is registered. The registrar is the one that can move a name between accounts. Sleekdomains is not the registrar.
- Escrow provider. A separate company that can hold funds during a sale. Escrow.com is the provider we researched. It is not connected. This site does not offer escrow, insurance, or a transfer guarantee.
What is true today
- A buyer request does not transfer the name.
- The marketplace emails the buyer to confirm the price and how payment will be arranged. No card is charged on this site.
- For a new seller listing, a DNS TXT lookup can show that a verification record is present. That lookup is not a transfer and it does not publish the name.
- If a catalog name points its DNS at this site, visitors to that domain see its for-sale page. That is a landing page, not a change of owner.
What is not defined
Pending legal review. Auth codes, the account the name moves into, who starts the transfer, and how long a transfer may take are not written. The payout target is within 5 business days after the buyer's payment clears and the registrar transfer is confirmed. This is a target, not a guarantee. The payout method is not defined. This page does not fill the registrar gaps.
Registrars can also refuse a transfer for their own reasons, including a lock after a recent registration or a previous transfer. That is the registrar's rule, not a Sleekdomains deadline.
The escrow provider is not connected, so funds are not held by Escrow.com or by the marketplace while a transfer is underway. There is no transfer guarantee.
If a transfer stalls, use the contact form and choose “A transfer”. A reply is support, not a completed transfer. The draft purchase and refund page says the same limit. A separate checklist covers what to confirm before money moves.