I'm trying to transfer a domain from dotster. A few hours ago I changed the domain from locked to unlocked at dotster. It now shows as unlocked at dotster's whois. However when I try and transfer it to ev1, I still get the error " is not currently transferable: Domain status REGISTRAR-LOCK does not allow for transfer."

How long to you have to wait and from where does tucows/ev1 get the lock data?

I'd like to leave the domain exposed (unlocked) for as short of a time as necessary.

I've been having registration-related problems since this morning. Earlier it was:

Software error:
Error: could not connect to socket. Please try again later. at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/WebAuth.pm line 137, line 1.

Now I get this:

Transport Error: Unable to connect to the processing hub. Socket OK.

It appears the errors is on EV1's end. I just got an email back from Dotster saying that "The domain name was unlocked immediately:
200 Command completed successfully " But domains.ev1servers.net still throws up the error that the domain is locked so I can't transfer it in.

Wait 12/24 hours

It's already been 26 hours - you mean a total of 48 hours :confused:

Upssss...

For me work in 24 h or less

My fault - sorry - just realized I didn't say in the first post how long before posting I had unlocked it at dotster. Since it's been over 24 hours now, I went ahead and emailed domains@ev1servers.net so hopefully they'll be able to figure out where the glitch is.

Finally today I was able to put in for the transfer for this domain... learned two interesting things. First, thanks to Brooke:

And second, the lock status doesn't (or didn't in this case) update as quickly as changing a domain contact. I first unlocked, waited 24 hours, then made a contact change as a test when the domain still showed up as locked in the whois. The contact change showed up in 12 hours, but it took another 12+ for the lock to finally vanish in the whois.