1. What is Free Netcup Ownership Transfer?
In Netcup’s customer portal, account-to-account transfers are officially named "Besitzwechsel" (Transfer of Ownership, commonly called PUSH). This built-in mechanism allows customers to hand over active VPS, Root Servers, or registered domains to another account 100% free of charge.
🎉 Key Advantage: 100% Free (€0 Administrative Fee)
Unlike some competitors charging €15-€20 per transfer ticket, Netcup transfers are completely free. Neither sender nor receiver pays a single cent in administrative transfer fees.
2. Key Rules: €0 Fees & Zero Downtime
💰 €0 Transfer Fee
Fully automated transfer at zero cost. No support ticket or admin invoice required.
⚡ Zero Downtime & Data Intact
Zero reboot or network interruption. Public IP and NVMe storage stay intact.
📜 Deal & Tax Inheritance
Iconic promotional pricing transfers forever. Non-EU recipients inherit 0% VAT on future invoices.
3. Sender Steps: Generate Transfer Auth Code
The sender does not need the recipient account number in advance—simply generate a transfer code in CCP:
- Log in to CCP — Open customercontrolpanel.de
- Open Products — Click "Produkte" (Products) in the left menu and locate your target server.
- Select Ownership Transfer — Click the magnifying glass icon and navigate to "Besitzwechsel" (Transfer of Ownership).
- Generate Transfer Authcode — The system immediately generates a unique transfer auth code. Safely share this token with the recipient.
4. Receiver Steps: Redeem Transfer Code
The recipient redeems the code in their own Netcup account; the machine transfers into their panel instantly:
- Log into Recipient CCP — Sign in to your verified Netcup customer account.
- Execute Ownership Transfer — In the "Produkte" page, click "Besitzwechsel durchführen" (Execute Ownership Transfer).
- Enter Code & Confirm — Paste the transfer code, review specs, pricing, and prepaid terms, then click confirm.
- Transfer Complete — The server appears immediately in your CCP and SCP consoles. Charge: €0.00.
5. Community Marketplace Safety Best Practices
🛡️ Secondary Market Safety Guidelines:
- Once the recipient redeems the code, the transfer is legally final. When buying discontinued promotional servers from other users, ensure safe escrow.
- Always wipe and perform a clean OS reinstallation via the SCP panel immediately upon takeover to remove any previous owner SSH keys.
6. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Q: Does Netcup charge any fees for PUSH ownership transfers?
Completely free (€0 fee)! Netcup does not charge any administrative transfer fees for moving VPS, Root Servers, or domains between customer accounts. The process is entirely complimentary.
Q: Does a PUSH transfer cause server reboots, downtime, or data loss?
No! The transfer only updates legal contract ownership in Netcup billing backend. The underlying hypervisor never reboots the instance, IP allocations remain identical, and all SSD/NVMe data stays intact.
Q: Are prepaid contract terms and 0% VAT tax exemptions inherited?
Any already-prepaid remaining contract days carry over to the new account. Future renewals automatically adapt to the recipient account tax status (e.g., 0% VAT for verified non-EU accounts).
Q: How long is the transfer authorization code valid, and can it be revoked?
The generated transfer auth code remains valid for up to 30 days. As long as the recipient has not redeemed it, the sender can cancel the transfer at any time in CCP, revoking the token immediately.
Markus S.
Senior Cloud Infrastructure Architect & Linux Sysadmin
Markus focuses on European cloud hosting economics, server performance optimization, and KVM virtualization. All benchmarks, setup guides, and VAT exemption procedures are verified on self-funded Netcup instances hosted in the Nuremberg datacenter (AMD EPYC hardware).
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