diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_forms/alert.js b/js/components/ascribe_forms/alert.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..72ced310
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_forms/alert.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import Alert from 'react-bootstrap/lib/Alert';
+
+let AlertDismissable = React.createClass({
+    getInitialState() {
+        return {
+            alertVisible: true
+        };
+    },
+    show() {
+        this.setState({alertVisible: true});
+    },
+    hide() {
+        this.setState({alertVisible: false});
+    },
+    render() {
+        if (this.state.alertVisible) {
+            let key = this.props.error;
+            return (
+                <Alert bsStyle='danger' onDismiss={this.hide}>
+                    {this.props.error}
+                </Alert>
+            );
+        }
+        return (
+            <span />
+        );
+    }
+});
+
+export default AlertDismissable;
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diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_forms/button_submit_close.js b/js/components/ascribe_forms/button_submit_close.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..60091f2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_forms/button_submit_close.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import React from 'react';
+
+let ButtonSubmitOrClose = React.createClass({
+    render() {
+        if (this.props.submitted){
+            return (
+                <div className="modal-footer">
+                    Loading
+                </div>
+            )
+        }
+        return (
+            <div className="modal-footer">
+                <button type="submit" className="btn btn-ascribe-inv">{this.props.text}</button>
+                <button className="btn btn-ascribe-inv" onClick={this.props.onClose}>CLOSE</button>
+            </div>
+        )
+    }
+});
+
+export default ButtonSubmitOrClose;
diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_forms/form_share_email.js b/js/components/ascribe_forms/form_share_email.js
index d78c02ec..dd61bc7b 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_forms/form_share_email.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_forms/form_share_email.js
@@ -2,53 +2,49 @@ import fetch from 'isomorphic-fetch';
 
 import React from 'react';
 
-import AppConstants from '../../constants/application_constants';
-import FetchApiUtils from '../../utils/fetch_api_utils';
-import FormMixin from '../../mixins/form_alert_mixin';
+import ApiUrls from '../../constants/api_urls';
+import FormMixin from '../../mixins/form_mixin';
+import InputText from './input_text';
+import InputTextArea from './input_textarea';
+import ButtonSubmitOrClose from './button_submit_close';
 
 let ShareForm = React.createClass({
     mixins: [FormMixin],
 
-    submit(e) {
-        e.preventDefault();
-        fetch(AppConstants.baseUrl + 'ownership/shares/mail/', {
-            method: 'post',
-            headers: {
-                'Authorization': 'Basic ' + AppConstants.debugCredentialBase64,
-                'Accept': 'application/json',
-                'Content-Type': 'application/json'
-            },
-            body: JSON.stringify(this.getFormData())
-        })
-            .then(
-            (response) => this.handleResponse(response)
-        );
+    url() {
+        return ApiUrls.ownership_shares_mail
     },
     getFormData() {
         return {
             bitcoin_id: this.props.edition.bitcoin_id,
-            share_emails: this.refs.share_emails.getDOMNode().value,
-            share_message: this.refs.share_message.getDOMNode().value
+            share_emails: this.refs.share_emails.state.value,
+            share_message: this.refs.share_message.state.value
         }
     },
-    renderMessage() {
-        return "" +
-            "Hi,\n" +
-            "\n" +
-            "I am sharing \"" + this.props.edition.title + "\" with you.\n" +
-            "\n" +
-            "Truly yours,\n" +
-            this.props.currentUser.username;
-    },
-    render() {
+    renderForm() {
+        let message = "Hi,\n" +
+                        "\n" +
+                        "I am sharing \"" + this.props.edition.title + "\" with you.\n" +
+                        "\n" +
+                        "Truly yours,\n" +
+                        this.props.currentUser.username;
         return (
-            <form id="share_modal_content" role="form" onSubmit={this.submit}>
-                {this.renderTextInput("share_emails", "email", "Comma separated emails", "required")}
-                {this.renderTextArea("share_message", this.renderMessage(), "")}
-                <div className="modal-footer">
-                    <button type="submit" className="btn btn-ascribe-inv">SHARE</button>
-                    <button className="btn btn-ascribe-inv" onClick={this.props.onRequestHide}>CLOSE</button>
-                </div>
+            <form id="share_modal_content" role="form" key="share_modal_content" onSubmit={this.submit}>
+                <InputText
+                    ref="share_emails"
+                    placeHolder="Comma separated emails"
+                    required="required"
+                    type="text"
+                    submitted={this.state.submitted}/>
+                <InputTextArea
+                    ref="share_message"
+                    defaultValue={message}
+                    required=""
+                    />
+                <ButtonSubmitOrClose
+                    text="SHARE"
+                    onClose={this.props.onRequestHide}
+                    submitted={this.state.submitted} />
             </form>
         );
     }
diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_forms/form_transfer.js b/js/components/ascribe_forms/form_transfer.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..28e86db3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_forms/form_transfer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import fetch from 'isomorphic-fetch';
+
+import React from 'react';
+
+import ApiUrls from '../../constants/api_urls';
+import FormMixin from '../../mixins/form_mixin';
+import InputText from './input_text';
+import InputTextArea from './input_textarea';
+import ButtonSubmitOrClose from './button_submit_close';
+
+
+
+let TransferForm = React.createClass({
+    mixins: [FormMixin],
+
+    url() {
+        return ApiUrls.ownership_transfers
+    },
+    getFormData() {
+        return {
+            bitcoin_id: this.props.edition.bitcoin_id,
+            transferee: this.refs.transferee.state.value,
+            transfer_message: this.refs.transfer_message.state.value,
+            password: this.refs.password.state.value
+        }
+    },
+    renderForm() {
+        let message = "Hi,\n" +
+                        "\n" +
+                        "I transfer ownership of \"" + this.props.edition.title + "\" to you.\n" +
+                        "\n" +
+                        "Truly yours,\n" +
+                        this.props.currentUser.username;
+        return (
+            <form id="transfer_modal_content" role="form" onSubmit={this.submit}>
+                <input className="invisible" type="email" name="fake_transferee"/>
+                <input className="invisible" type="password" name="fake_password"/>
+                <InputText
+                    ref="transferee"
+                    placeHolder="Transferee email"
+                    required="required"
+                    type="email"
+                    submitted={this.state.submitted}/>
+                <InputTextArea
+                    ref="transfer_message"
+                    defaultValue={message}
+                    required=""
+                    />
+                <InputText
+                    ref="password"
+                    placeHolder="Password"
+                    required="required"
+                    type="password"
+                    submitted={this.state.submitted}/>
+                <div>
+                    Make sure that display instructions and technology details are correct.
+                    They cannot be edited after the transfer.
+                </div>
+               <ButtonSubmitOrClose
+                    text="TRANSFER"
+                    onClose={this.props.onRequestHide}
+                    submitted={this.state.submitted} />
+            </form>
+        );
+    }
+});
+
+export default TransferForm;
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diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_forms/input_text.js b/js/components/ascribe_forms/input_text.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a65bcc8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_forms/input_text.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import React from 'react';
+
+import AlertMixin from '../../mixins/alert_mixin'
+
+let InputText = React.createClass({
+
+    mixins : [AlertMixin],
+
+    getInitialState() {
+        return {value: null,
+                alerts: null, // needed in AlertMixin
+                retry: 0 // needed in AlertMixin for generating unique alerts
+        };
+    },
+    handleChange(event) {
+        this.setState({value: event.target.value});
+    },
+    render() {
+        let className = "form-control input-text-ascribe";
+        let alerts = (this.props.submitted) ? null : this.state.alerts;
+        return (
+            <div className="form-group">
+                {alerts}
+                <input className={className}
+                        placeholder={this.props.placeHolder}
+                        required={this.props.required}
+                        type={this.props.type}
+                        onChange={this.handleChange}/>
+            </div>
+        );
+
+    }
+});
+
+export default InputText;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_forms/input_textarea.js b/js/components/ascribe_forms/input_textarea.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b5f64b66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_forms/input_textarea.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import React from 'react';
+
+import AlertMixin from '../../mixins/alert_mixin'
+
+let InputTextArea = React.createClass({
+
+    mixins : [AlertMixin],
+
+    getInitialState() {
+        return {value: this.props.defaultValue,
+                alerts: null, // needed in AlertMixin
+                retry: 0 // needed in AlertMixin for generating unique alerts
+        };
+    },
+    handleChange(event) {
+        this.setState({value: event.target.value});
+    },
+    render() {
+        let className = "form-control input-text-ascribe textarea-ascribe-message";
+
+        let alerts = (this.props.submitted) ? null : this.state.alerts;
+        return (
+            <div className="form-group">
+                {alerts}
+                <textarea className={className}
+                    defaultValue={this.props.defaultValue}
+                    required={this.props.required}
+                    onChange={this.handleChange}></textarea>
+            </div>
+        );
+
+    }
+});
+
+export default InputTextArea;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_modal/modal_share.js b/js/components/ascribe_modal/modal_share.js
index 4cc05d5a..176541ee 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_modal/modal_share.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_modal/modal_share.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ let ShareModalButton = React.createClass({
         return (
             <OverlayTrigger delay={500} placement="left" overlay={<Tooltip>Share the artwork</Tooltip>}>
                 <ModalTrigger modal={<ShareModal edition={this.props.edition}
-                                                currentUser={this.props.currentUser}/>}>
+                                                 currentUser={this.props.currentUser}/>}>
                     <div className="btn btn-ascribe-inv btn-glyph-ascribe">
                         <span className="glyph-ascribe-share2"></span>
                     </div>
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ let ShareModalButton = React.createClass({
 
 let ShareModal = React.createClass({
     onRequestHide(e){
-        e.preventDefault();
+        if (e)
+            e.preventDefault();
         this.props.onRequestHide();
     },
     render() {
diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_modal/modal_transfer.js b/js/components/ascribe_modal/modal_transfer.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b57064ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_modal/modal_transfer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import Modal from 'react-bootstrap/lib/Modal';
+import OverlayTrigger from 'react-bootstrap/lib/OverlayTrigger';
+import ModalTrigger from 'react-bootstrap/lib/ModalTrigger';
+import Tooltip from 'react-bootstrap/lib/Tooltip';
+
+import TransferForm from '../ascribe_forms/form_transfer'
+
+
+let TransferModalButton = React.createClass({
+    render() {
+        return (
+            <OverlayTrigger delay={500} placement="left"
+                            overlay={<Tooltip>Transfer the ownership of the artwork</Tooltip>}>
+                <ModalTrigger modal={<TransferModal edition={this.props.edition}
+                                                    currentUser={this.props.currentUser}/>}>
+                    <div className="btn btn-ascribe-inv">
+                        TRANSFER
+                    </div>
+                </ModalTrigger>
+            </OverlayTrigger>
+        )
+    }
+});
+
+let TransferModal = React.createClass({
+    onRequestHide(e){
+        e.preventDefault();
+        this.props.onRequestHide();
+    },
+    render() {
+        return (
+            <Modal {...this.props} title="Transfer artwork">
+                <div className="modal-body">
+                    <TransferForm edition={this.props.edition}
+                                  currentUser={this.props.currentUser}
+                                  onRequestHide={this.onRequestHide}/>
+                </div>
+            </Modal>
+        )
+    }
+});
+
+
+export default TransferModalButton;
diff --git a/js/components/edition.js b/js/components/edition.js
index 938293e8..ffeb9b25 100644
--- a/js/components/edition.js
+++ b/js/components/edition.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import React from 'react';
 
 import ImageViewer from './ascribe_media/image_viewer';
+import TransferModalButton from './ascribe_modal/modal_transfer';
 import ShareModalButton from './ascribe_modal/modal_share';
 
 /**
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ let EditionDetails = React.createClass({
                 <EditionDetailProperty label="id" value={ this.props.edition.bitcoin_id } />
                 <EditionDetailProperty label="owner" value={ this.props.edition.owner } />
                 <br/>
+                <TransferModalButton edition={ this.props.edition } currentUser={ this.props.currentUser }/>
                 <ShareModalButton edition={ this.props.edition } currentUser={ this.props.currentUser }/>
                 <hr/>
             </div>
diff --git a/js/constants/api_urls.js b/js/constants/api_urls.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f0c7f9b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/constants/api_urls.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import AppConstants from './application_constants';
+
+let apiUrls = {
+    'ownership_shares_mail' : AppConstants.baseUrl + 'ownership/shares/mail/',
+    'ownership_transfers' : AppConstants.baseUrl + 'ownership/transfers/'
+};
+
+export default apiUrls;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/js/constants/application_constants.js b/js/constants/application_constants.js
index 8efb7196..55b9d5f0 100644
--- a/js/constants/application_constants.js
+++ b/js/constants/application_constants.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 let constants = {
-    'baseUrl': 'http://staging.ascribe.io/api/',
+    'baseUrl': 'http://localhost:8000/api/',
+    //'baseUrl': 'http://staging.ascribe.io/api/',
     'debugCredentialBase64': 'ZGltaUBtYWlsaW5hdG9yLmNvbTowMDAwMDAwMDAw' // dimi@mailinator:0000000000
-};
 
-export default constants;
\ No newline at end of file
+};
+export default constants;
+
diff --git a/js/mixins/alert_mixin.js b/js/mixins/alert_mixin.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..478c44db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/mixins/alert_mixin.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import AlertDismissable from '../components/ascribe_forms/alert';
+
+let AlertMixin = {
+    setAlerts(errors){
+        let alerts = errors.map(
+                        function(error) {
+                            let key = error + this.state.retry;
+                            return <AlertDismissable error={error} key={key}/>;
+                        }.bind(this)
+                    );
+        this.setState({alerts: alerts, retry: this.state.retry + 1});
+    },
+    hideAlerts(){
+        for (alert in this.state.alerts){
+            alert.hide();
+        }
+    }
+};
+
+export default AlertMixin;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/js/mixins/form_alert_mixin.js b/js/mixins/form_alert_mixin.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ff9a5d52..00000000
--- a/js/mixins/form_alert_mixin.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-import React from 'react';
-import Alert from 'react-bootstrap/lib/Alert';
-
-let FormMixin = {
-    getInitialState() {
-        return {errors: null,
-                retry: 0 // used for unique keying
-                }
-    },
-    handleResponse(response){
-        if (response.status >= 200 && response.status < 300)
-                return response;
-        this.handleError(response);
-    },
-    handleError(response){
-      response.json().then((response) => this.setState({errors: response.errors,
-                                                        retry: this.state.retry + 1}))
-    },
-    renderAlert(id){
-        if (this.state.errors && id in this.state.errors) {
-            return this.state.errors[id].map(function(error) {
-                    let key = error + this.state.retry;
-                    return <AlertDismissable error={error} key={key} />;
-                }.bind(this)
-            )
-        }
-        return <span />
-    },
-    renderTextInput(id, type, placeHolder, required) {
-        return (
-            <div className="form-group">
-                {this.renderAlert(id)}
-                <input className="form-control input-text-ascribe" name={id} ref={id}
-                    placeholder={placeHolder} required={required} type={type} />
-            </div>
-        )
-    },
-    renderTextArea(id, placeHolder, required) {
-        return (
-            <div className="form-group">
-                {this.renderAlert(id)}
-                <textarea className="form-control input-text-ascribe textarea-ascribe-message" name={id} ref={id}
-                    defaultValue={placeHolder} required={required}></textarea>
-            </div>
-        )
-    }
-};
-
-let AlertDismissable = React.createClass({
-    getInitialState() {
-        return {
-            alertVisible: true
-        };
-    },
-    show() {
-        this.setState({alertVisible: true});
-    },
-    hide() {
-        this.setState({alertVisible: false});
-    },
-    render() {
-        if (this.state.alertVisible) {
-            return (
-                <Alert bsStyle='danger' onDismiss={this.hide}>
-                    {this.props.error}
-                </Alert>
-            );
-        }
-        return (
-            <span />
-        );
-    }
-});
-
-export default FormMixin;
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diff --git a/js/mixins/form_mixin.js b/js/mixins/form_mixin.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6bbf5efa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/mixins/form_mixin.js
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import React from 'react';
+
+import AppConstants from '../constants/application_constants'
+import AlertDismissable from '../components/ascribe_forms/alert'
+
+export const FormMixin = {
+    getInitialState() {
+        return {
+            submitted: false
+            , status: null
+        }
+    },
+    submit(e) {
+        e.preventDefault();
+        this.setState({submitted: true});
+        fetch(this.url(), {
+            method: 'post',
+            headers: {
+                'Authorization': 'Basic ' + AppConstants.debugCredentialBase64,
+                'Accept': 'application/json',
+                'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+            },
+            body: JSON.stringify(this.getFormData())
+        })
+            .then(
+            (response) => this.handleResponse(response)
+        );
+    },
+    handleResponse(response){
+        if (response.status >= 200 && response.status < 300){
+            this.props.onRequestHide();
+        }
+        else if (response.status >= 400 && response.status < 500) {
+            this.handleError(response);
+        }
+        else {
+            this.setState({submitted: false, status: response.status});
+        }
+    },
+    handleError(response){
+        response.json().then((response) => this.dispatchErrors(response.errors));
+
+    },
+    dispatchErrors(errors){
+        for (var input in errors){
+            if (this.refs && this.refs[input] && this.refs[input].state){
+                this.refs[input].setAlerts(errors[input]);
+            }
+        }
+        this.setState({submitted: false});
+    },
+    render(){
+        let alert = null;
+        if (this.state.status >= 500){
+            alert = <AlertDismissable error="Something went wrong, please try again later"/>;
+        }
+        return (
+            <div>
+                {alert}
+                {this.renderForm()}
+            </div>
+        )
+    }
+};
+
+export default FormMixin;
+