I can't get any of the domain transfer stuff to work. I want to give you guys my money, I can't create a support ticket because I'm not on a paid account. Appreciate if someone can follow up because if not I'm getting frustrated and I'll just keep them where they are.
Get an invalid TLD host when trying to transfer topografik.co from Namecheap Get an invalid auth code when trying to transfer schaich.io from Namecheap
Hey . I just checked the supported domains list and see that both topografik.co and schaich.io should be transferrable. Please make sure that you leave out things like http: and characters like /. And make sure the auth code is exactly correct with no additional or missing characters or whitespace.
If you still see the error, please take a screenshot so I can see what you see. If there are any errors in the browser console or network tab, please share those as well. 
Here's the toast that pops up and the network tab. There's no protocol or special characters, just domain.tld. I'm pasting the auth code exactly from the email from Namecheap with no whitespace.
would really appreciate some help, i have a domain expiring in a week and if we can't resolve this i'll just renew it on Namecheap
Thanks for waiting. Since this could take some time to solve, you may feel more comfortable renewing on Namecheap.
It's common to use an external domain with A record for the apex domain and CNAME record for the www subdomain. But you also have the option to use Vercel nameservers if you want to manage DNS settings from your Vercel dashboard.
Personally, this is how I use most of my domains that I purchased years ago. Vercel doesn't force you to transfer a domain to use it for your site, so I left them where they were. I just set up autorenew with my registrar and use Vercel nameservers so I can manage the DNS settings for them all from my Vercel account.