I. Creating a Cloudflare Account
First things first, we’ll need to create a Cloudflare account to transfer the domain to.
1. Visit https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up
2. Enter your email address and a secure password.
3. Once signed in, click on “Add” in the top right corner, then “Register a domain”.
3A. After clicking “Register a domain”, you may be prompted to verify your email. Do this before continuining.
II. Inviting Users To Your Account
This section will go over the process of inviting us to your account as a delegate access user. This allows us to manage your account for you.
PLEASE NOTE: This section only applies to clients on a hosting management plan with Atom Web Design. If you’re just trying to transfer a domain, skip to section 3.
1. In the left-hand menu, scroll to the bottom. You should find a dropdown menu called “Manage Account”.
NOTE: If you don’t see “Manage Account” at the bottom of this menu, click the orange Cloudflare logo in the top left of the webpage. After doing this, the menu item should show.
2. Under “Manage Account”, select “Members”.
3. Once on the “Members” page, select “Invite Members”.
4. On the “Invite Members” screen, enter the member’s email address in the form, under “Add email addresses”. (If you are a client of ours, you can enter our email: [email protected])
5. Click “Add” to the right of the textbox to add the email.
6. Below where you entered the email, there is a button with a blue outline that says “+ Create a Policy”. Click this.
7. On the Create a Policy page, click on the “Select a scope” dropdown.
8. Under this dropdown, select the first option. This should be under Account-Level in the dropdown, and should be an option titled: “{Your Email}’s Account” (with {Your Email} being replaced by your actual email address you created your cloudflare account with).
9. Scroll down a bit, and there should be a long list under “Assign Roles”. (If you are a client of ours, flip the switch next to “Super Administrator – All Privileges” to enable it. This should be the top option.)
10. Scroll all the way down, and select “Create Policy”.
11. Once done, you should be back on the “Invite Members” page, and should see our email listed, as well as a row under 2. Add Permission Policies. Click the blue “Invite Members” button in the bottom right corner to send the invite.
That’s it! Once you’ve invited us, we can take care of the rest.
III. Transferring the Domain
This section will go over the process of actually transferring the domain to Cloudflare.
PLEASE NOTE: If you’re on a hosting management plan with Atom Web Design, you can skip this portion.
1. On the left-side menu, scroll down and click “Domain Registration”. This should expand a dropdown menu.
2. Under “Domain Registration”, click “Transfer Domains”.
3. On the “Transfer Domains” screen, click the blue “Get Started” button.
4. On the following screen, enter your domain into the textbox under “Enter an existing domain”.
5. After entering domain, click “Continue”.
6. You may be prompted to select from various plans after clicking “Continue”. Just select Free ($0) for now.
7. After selecting a plan, you’ll be prompted to replace your current nameservers. Send this to your current domain registrar and they should be able to update this.
Alternatively, you can grant us delegate access to your current domain provider account and we can do this).
That’s it! Once your nameservers have propagated, your domain should be ready to transfer in.
Have questions? Feel free to reach out to us for assistance!