---
id: "gaining-registrar"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "gaining registrar"
language: "en"
category: "Transfers and EPP"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:01:23Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/gaining-registrar/"
translations:
  es: "https://tldlog.com/es/glosario/registrador-receptor/"
  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/aufnehmender-registrar/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/bureau-enregistrement-gagnant/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/registrar-ricevente/"
  pt-BR: "https://tldlog.com/pt/glossario/registrador-destino/"
  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/prinimayushchiy-registrator/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/zhuanru-zhuce-fuwu-jigou/"
---

# gaining registrar

In a transfer, the registrar that the domain is moving to. It starts the transfer at the registry using the auth code given by the domain holder. After the move it becomes the registrar of record and handles renewals, changes and support for that domain.

## related terms

- [losing registrar](https://tldlog.com/glossary/losing-registrar/)
- [registrar of record](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registrar-of-record/)
- [domain transfer](https://tldlog.com/glossary/domain-transfer/)
- [auth code](https://tldlog.com/glossary/auth-code/)
- [Transfer Policy](https://tldlog.com/glossary/transfer-policy/)