Question

An email with the following contents has been received for a number of domain names:

Action: outgoing transfer pending 
Status: ACT 
Order date: 2018-05-23 
Activation date: 2018-05-23 
Renewal date: 2020-12-10 
Expiration date: 2020-12-10 
Comments: the transfer has been requested by another registrar for this domain; if you do not explicitly approve or reject, the domain will be transferred in 5 days automatically

Can an outgoing transfer be forced to complete?

Answer

To complete an outgoing transfer to another registrar:

Via FOA email (for gTLDs)

After an outgoing transfer is started, the registrant (domain owner) will receive a "FOA2" email asking them to confirm or deny the transfer.

Tip: Approving the FOA2 email helps complete your transfer faster. 

Via RCP (Reseller Control Panel)

• Navigate to Domains Overview >> Recent Domain Trades >> Outgoing transfers tab in RCP and click on Approve in the actions column.

Via API

• • REST API - ApproveTransfer 
  • XML API - approveTransferDomainRequest
    
    

If case an outgoing transfer is not processed, please refer to the article for possible reasons. 
 

Note: Rejecting/declining domain transfers is not possible from registrar end.