Do I need to upgrade to transfer domain to a new registrar?

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  sunnyskoreanrestaurant · Member · Jul 8, 2013 at 5:47 pm

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  Is it necessary to upgrade my account in order to transfer the domain to another registrar? Currently it says, ‘Wild West Domains’ is the registrar.

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  auxclass · Member · Jul 8, 2013 at 5:55 pm

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  No upgrade required, only that the domain name be current (i.e. not needing to be renewed)

  You can also keep the domain name registered here and change the name servers to point to your new host

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  auxclass · Member · Jul 8, 2013 at 6:03 pm

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  See also:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/domain-management/#transfer-to-another-registrar

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/domain-management/#update-name-servers

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