Domain transfer not finished correctly

Question

Hi,  
We've requested to transfer a domain name from another registrar onto Route 53. The unlock and further confirmation of the transfer via E-mail passed well. AWS Route 53 shows now the registered domains with the one in the list. I am able to change DNS records via UI on AWS console, but `dig` shows no changes. I've contacted Namecheap (ex-registrar) technical support and they confirmed that the transfer should have been processed successfully, but the name servers are still pointing to Namecheap's BaseDNS. While the AWS Route 53 shows default name servers:  
  
dns1.registrar-servers.com  
dns2.registrar-servers.com  
  
Pending requests in the Domains also shows nothing, so I assumed that the transfer should have finished successfully. Now I wonder what has to be fixed now so that I regain control over DNS records back?

Answer

I have found the issue. Indeed what I needed was just to copy-paste the NS record values from the Hosted Zones DNS records to the Registered Domains name-servers. After that all semi-automatic propagation of required DNS records in the WorkMail and other services worked fine.

Answer

Hi,  
  
To make Route 53 the DNS service for your domain, you need to update the domain registration to use the name servers for your Route 53 hosted zone. Here's how you do that:  
  
1. Get the name servers that Route 53 assigned to the hosted zone when you created it. See "Getting the Name Servers for a Public Hosted Zone" in the _Route 53 Developer Guide_:  
  
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/GetInfoAboutHostedZone.html  
  
2. Update the domain registration to use the four name servers that you got in step 1. See "Adding or Changing Name Servers and Glue Records for a Domain":  
  
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/domain-name-servers-glue-records.html  
  
Scott

Domain transfer not finished correctly

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