# Transfer Ownership of Contract

The transfer of smart contract ownership helps users to transfer their projects to new owners. This can be allowed to occur due to a change of leadership, shifting roles/responsibilities within the project, or even extreme cases such as a project being hacked. 

Follow the steps below to transfer NFT project ownership to new owners:

1. [For Collections created before March 2023](#for-eth-mainnet-collection-created-before-march-2023)
2. [For Collections created after March 2023](#for-collections-created-after-march-2023) (Diamond Smart Contract)

### For ETH Mainnet Collection created before March 2023.

#### Step 1: Go to Etherscan

* Head to your etherscan/polygon scan link. There are three ways to do this
  * Click the link from your NiftyKit drop page
  * Click it on OpenSea
  * search your contract address  directly on etherscan/polygonscan 

On your **drop page** click the etherscan/polygon scan button at the top right corner

![Etherscan link on your Drop Page ](/files/5PlQMznmM0Y7XL5f2xMI)

Make sure you are on the contract level. Click your contract address on the profile summary. 

![Contract Address Etherscan link](/files/cle3uyLIZcBBkD1hRk1b)

The link should be <https://etherscan.io/address/\\[Your> contract address]

#### Step 2: Go to  Contract Tab

* Once you are on the contract level of your etherscan/polygonscan. Go to the Contract tab then click on write contract. Connect to Web3 with the original wallet (ownership wallet).

![Write Contract on your Etherscan or Polygonscan of your Smart Contract](/files/i4cL71jFeQGmzVwSj4KD)

#### Step 3: Add New Ownership&#x20;

* Under section **\[17. transferOwnership]** paste the new wallet address and select "**Write**". The ownership of the smart contract will now be transferred to the new wallet address.
* Please note that completion of this step will incur gas fees.

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### For Collections created After March 2023:&#x20;

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Pre- requisite:&#x20;

* Collection's contract address
  * To get the wallet address, go to your NiftyKit Mint Page and click the etherscan button

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&#x20;Copy the contract address under Primary Summary

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1. Go to louper - [louper.dev](https://louper.dev/)
2. Paste your contract addrress under search by addresses
3. Click the correct network on the drop-down
4. Click Search

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   5\. Scroll down once pop-up

   6\. Find and Click to ‘’Writable’’&#x20;

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7\. Click "write" and connect your wallet that owns the collection.

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8. Once the wallet is connected, click the drop-down and Choose **transferOwnership**

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9. Under transferOwnership, you need to add:\
   "0" under Value \
   New wallet address under newOwner (address)
10. Click Write to push the changes (Note: This trasactions requires gas fee to execute this process)

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Check the contract if it’s successfully executed

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