Transferring a domain name from one company to another generally entails the use of a special domain name authorization code, which different companies call an EPP key, a domain password or an Auth-Info code. This code can be used as a protection measure against unwanted transfer attempts with all gTLD and with most ccTLD extensions. The code can be obtained only by the owner of the particular domain and is issued by the present domain registrar company. It must be given to the new domain registrar company because the transfer process cannot be started without it. The code is case-sensitive and commonly comprises of digits and special symbols, so as to impede unauthorized people from deciphering it. Some registrars even reset the codes of domains registered through them after a certain interval of time for even greater safety.

EPP Transfer Protection in Shared Hosting

You can get the EPP transfer authorization code for any domain that you’ve registered with our company with just a couple of clicks of the mouse from the exact same Hepsia Control Panel that you’ll use to manage your shared hosting account. Once you go to the Registered Domains section, you will find all your domain names neatly displayed in alphabetical order. In case a particular extension supports transfers between registrar companies with an EPP code, you will see an EPP button to the right of the respective domain. If you click that button, the code will be sent to the email associated with the Registrant contact for the domain in question. If you wish, you can edit the contact information, including the email address, without having to leave this section of the Control Panel, in case the currently listed email address isn’t valid any longer.

EPP Transfer Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you register a domain name under a semi-dedicated server account with us, you’ll be able to get its EPP transfer authentication code with just one click, in case you decide to move it to some other company. All it takes to accomplish that is to log into your Hepsia Control Panel, to navigate to the Registered Domains section and to click the EPP button, which will be on the right-hand side of the domain name. Of course, such a button will be available only if the specific generic or country-code top-level domain name extension supports transfers with an EPP code. Within sixty seconds, an email that includes the EPP code will be sent to the domain name registrant’s email address associated with that domain name. You can update the latter through the same section of the Control Panel – if the one that is currently listed in the WHOIS archives is not valid. As the change will take effect without any delays, you can request the EPP transfer code right after that.