Transferring a domain between AWS accounts.
Before starting, confirm you have access to both AWS accounts.
Use the AWS CLI for the transfer.
For help see
aws route53domains help
aws route53domains transfer-domain-to-another-aws-account help
Determine the DOMAIN_NAME and TARGET_AWS_ACCOUNT.
Initiate the transfer
From the source AWS account, run
aws --region us-east-1 route53domains transfer-domain-to-another-aws-account --domain-name ${DOMAIN_NAME} \
--account-id ${TARGET_AWS_ACCOUNT}
It will output an OperationId and Password
{
"OperationId": ".......",
"Password": "....."
}
Accept the transfer
From the receiving or target AWS account, run
aws --region us-east-1 route53domains accept-domain-transfer-from-another-aws-account \
--domain-name ${DOMAIN_NAME} --password ${PASSWORD}
where ${PASSWORD} is copied from the previous step.
Login to the AWS console and check the domain has been transferred.
Troubleshooting
If you see an error
Could not connect to the endpoint URL: "https://route53domains.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/"
Remember to specify --region us-east-1 as mentioned in aws-cli issue 1354