You can transfer a pay-as-you-go EIP to another Alibaba Cloud account to support business migrations or restructuring.
Prerequisites
Account requirements
Both the source and target Alibaba Cloud accounts must be registered on the China site and have completed real-name registration.
If the source account is registered under an enterprise, the target account must also be registered under an enterprise with the same name.
For example, if the source account is registered under Company A, the target account must also be registered under Company A.
To change the enterprise entity or update the name for an Alibaba Cloud account that has completed enterprise real-name registration, see Change Enterprise Entity.
If the source account is registered to an individual, the target account can be registered to either an individual or an enterprise, and the names do not need to match. The following rules apply:
For example, a source account registered under Name A can transfer resources to only one of multiple target accounts registered under different names, such as B, C, or D.
For example, if both the source account and multiple target accounts are registered under the same name, the source account can transfer resources to all of them.
Transfers are not supported for accounts from resellers or virtual operators.
The source account and the target account cannot be the same account.
Neither the source nor the target account can be pending cancellation or frozen.
Neither the source account nor the target account can be a managed account.
For accounts in a financial hosting relationship, the managing account (host) can participate in transfers, but the managed account cannot. For example, if Account A delegates its financial management to Account B, Account B can transfer resources, but Account A cannot.
Both the source account and the target account must have an available balance, including cash and credit line.
If the target account already has pay-as-you-go resources, its available balance must be at least CNY 100.
EIP requirements
You must convert a subscription EIP to pay-as-you-go before you can transfer it.
Before the transfer, you must disassociate it from all associated cloud resources.
The EIP cannot be under risk control or have overdue payments.
An EIP can be transferred only five days after it was created or converted from a static public IP address.
There must be no unpaid orders to convert the EIP's billing method to subscription.
Transfer rules
Each EIP can be transferred only once. Proceed with caution.
EIPs can be transferred only within the same region. Cross-region transfers are not supported.
After the transfer, the total number of EIPs in the target account must not exceed its EIP quota.
After the source account initiates the transfer, the target account must accept it within 24 hours. Otherwise, the transfer request automatically expires.
While the EIP transfer is in progress, you cannot perform the following operations on the EIP: convert it to a subscription EIP, associate it with a cloud resource, resize it, change its billing method, or release it.
The source account can cancel the transfer at any time before the target account accepts or rejects it.
Transfer a pay-as-you-go EIP
Step 1: Initiate transfer from the source account
Log on with the source account, go to the Billing & Cost Management - Resource Transfer page, and click the Transferable Resources tab.
To transfer a single EIP: In the Operations column for the desired EIP, click Start Transfer.
To transfer multiple EIPs: Select the EIPs that you want to transfer, and then click Batch Initiate Transfers above the resource list.
On the Initiate Transfer page, enter the recipient's account information, accept the transfer agreement, and click Submit. In the confirmation dialog box, review the details, and click OK.
Click the My Resource Transfer Requests tab.
When the Status column for the EIP to be transferred is Pending Confirmation, this indicates that the transfer is successfully initiated.
The source account can cancel the transfer at any time before the target account accepts or rejects it.
Step 2: Accept transfer in the target account
Log on with the target account, go to the Billing & Cost Management - Resource Transfer page, and click the My Confirmed Resource Transfers tab.
To accept a single EIP: In the Actions column for the EIP, click Confirm and Accept Transfer.
To accept multiple EIPs: Select the EIPs that you want to accept, and then click Batch Confirm Transfer above the resource list.
On the Configure to Accept Resource Transfer page, verify the resource and account information, accept the transfer agreement, and then click Confirm and Accept.
If you do not want to accept the transfer, you can reject it.
Step 3: Verify the transfer result
The source account on the My Resource Transfer Requests tab and the target account on the My Confirmed Resource Transfers tab can both confirm that the transfer is successful when the Status column for the EIP displays Transfer Completed.