How does a domain transfer affect my website?

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(2011-12-29 04:18)Hexta Wrote:  24 hours with namecheap but its usually a few hours, I have my own website and I'm using namecheaps custom DNS to point to my server. Your site may go down for a short period from when godaddy transfer it over to namecheap.

Transfers take a minimum of five days. The transfer process relies on the losing registrar as well as the gaining registrar too. So as quick as Namecheap may be to acquire the name, GoDaddy may not be as quick letting go of it