---
id: "registry-agreement-assignment"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "assignment of a Registry Agreement"
language: "en"
category: "TLD types and programs"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:01:23Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/registry-agreement-assignment/"
translations:
  es: "https://tldlog.com/es/glosario/cesion-acuerdo-registro/"
  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/uebertragung-registry-agreements/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/cession-contrat-registre/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/cessione-registry-agreement/"
  pt-BR: "https://tldlog.com/pt/glossario/cessao-contrato-registro/"
  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/peredacha-soglasheniya-administrirovanii-reestra/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/zhuce-guanli-jigou-xieyi-zhuanrang/"
---

# assignment of a Registry Agreement

The contract step needed when a gTLD is sold. Its Registry Agreement with ICANN is moved to a new registry operator, or control of the current operator changes, and ICANN must approve either one first. It is often part of a business deal in which a company buys a registry or its TLDs.

## related terms

- [Registry Agreement](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registry-agreement/)
- [registry operator](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registry-operator/)
- [back-end provider](https://tldlog.com/glossary/back-end-provider/)
- [Registry Agreement termination](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registry-agreement-termination/)
- [ICANN](https://tldlog.com/glossary/icann/)