Transferring a domain name from one company to another usually entails the use of a special transfer code, which different companies refer to as an EPP key, a domain password or an AuthInfo code. This code can be used as a protection mechanism against unsolicited transfer attempts with all generic and with most country-code extensions. It can be obtained only by the owner of the specific domain and is issued by the present registrar company. It must be given to the new registrar company because the transfer process cannot be initiated without it. The code is case-sensitive and usually includes numbers and special characters, so as to stop unauthorized persons from cracking it. Some registrars even reset the codes of domains registered through them after a certain interval of time for even better safety.
EPP Transfer Protection in Hosting
You can get the EPP transfer authentication code for any domain that you’ve registered with us with just a few clicks from the exact same Hepsia Control Panel that you will use to administer your hosting account. As soon as you visit the Registered Domains section, you’ll find all your domain names conveniently displayed in alphabetical order. In case a certain TLD extension supports transfers between registrar companies with an EPP code, you’ll notice an EPP button on the right side of the given domain. If you click on that button, the code will be sent to the email associated with the Registrant contact for the domain name in question. If you want, you can edit the contact information, including the email address, without needing to leave this Control Panel section, if the current email address is not valid anymore.
EPP Transfer Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers
You can easily obtain the transfer authorization code for any domain name registered under a semi-dedicated server account if you wish to transfer it. This can be done through the exact same Control Panel, via which you administer your account, so you will not have to log in and out of different Control Panel tools. All you have to do is go to the Control Panel’s domain management section and click the EPP button for the domain name that you would like to transfer, on the condition that its TLD extension supports transfers with a code. Our system sends all codes automatically to the domain registrant’s email listed in the domain name’s WHOIS record, so if the email address that is currently entered is out of date, you can edit it with a couple of clicks without having to leave the domain management section of the Control Panel.