---
id: "registry-transition"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "registry transition"
language: "en"
category: "Transfers and EPP"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:01:23Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/registry-transition/"
translations:
  es: "https://tldlog.com/es/glosario/transicion-registro/"
  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/registry-transition/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/transition-registre/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/transizione-registro/"
  pt-BR: "https://tldlog.com/pt/glossario/transicao-registro/"
  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/peredacha-registratury/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/zhuce-guanli-jigou-guodu/"
---

# registry transition

Moving the running of a TLD from one operator or back-end provider to another. It can follow a sale, a new contract or a failure. ICANN has set processes for gTLDs, and a change of back-end must be approved and tested. Registrars may need to connect to a new system.

## related terms

- [back-end provider](https://tldlog.com/glossary/back-end-provider/)
- [registry operator](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registry-operator/)
- [EBERO](https://tldlog.com/glossary/ebero/)
- [data escrow](https://tldlog.com/glossary/data-escrow/)