Agreeing terms in writing
Before anything moves, the price, the currency, the escrow provider, who pays the escrow fee and the transfer method are confirmed in writing by email. This takes minutes and prevents every common dispute.
If the purchase is being made through a company or a representative, the intended registrant is named at this stage rather than after payment.
Escrow, then transfer
The buyer deposits funds with the escrow provider, which confirms receipt but holds the money. Only then is the domain moved — pushed to the buyer's account inside the same registrar, or released with an authorisation code for a registrar-to-registrar transfer.
A push inside one registrar usually completes within hours. A transfer between registrars can take up to five days because of registry rules, so the method is chosen deliberately, not improvised.
Verify, then release
Before releasing funds, the buyer confirms three things: registrant details now show their account, the expiry date is as agreed, and no registrar lock blocks future changes. Privacy protection can be enabled immediately if the ownership record should stay discreet.
Once confirmed, escrow releases the payment and the transaction closes. Both parties keep the email record and the escrow receipt as proof of a clean chain of ownership.