Transferring a domain name from one company to another traditionally involves the use of a special transfer code, which different companies refer to as an EPP key, a domain name password or an AuthInfo code. This code can be used as a safety mechanism against unauthorized transfer attempts with all generic and with most country-code extensions. It can be obtained only by the owner of the particular domain name and is issued by the present registrar. 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 normally includes numbers and special symbols, so as to stop unauthenticated persons from deciphering it. Some registrars even reset the codes of domains registered through them from time to time for better safety.
EPP Transfer Protection in Shared Hosting
You can obtain the EPP transfer code for any domain that you have registered through our company with just a couple of clicks 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’ll find all your domain names neatly displayed in alphabetical order. In case a certain extension supports transfers between domain registrars with an EPP transfer code, you will notice an EPP button on the right side of the respective domain name. If you click that button, the code will be emailed to the email address associated with the Registrant contact for the domain name in question. If you want, you can modify the contact details, including the email, without the need to leave this section of the Control Panel, if the currently entered email address is not valid anymore.
EPP Transfer Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers
In case you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account with us and you’ve registered a domain that you wish to transfer, you can obtain the EPP transfer code stunningly easy through the Hepsia Control Panel, via which you will administer both your account and your domain names. If you go to the Registered Domains section, you’ll see an EPP button on the right side of your domain names, on the condition that their extensions support transfers between domain registrars with such a code. All codes are sent automatically by our system to the registrant’s email address to make sure that only the domain name owner can obtain this information. In case the current address is not valid anymore, you can update it with a few clicks of the mouse without the need to leave this Control Panel section. The update is instantaneous, so you’ll be able to request the EPP code for the given domain right away.