Transferring a domain name from one company to another generally entails the use of a unique domain name authorization code, which different registrar companies refer to as an EPP authorization code, a domain name password or an Auth code. This code can be used as a protection mechanism against unapproved transfers with all generic and with most country-code extensions. It can be obtained only by the owner of the specific domain name and is issued by the current registrar company. It must be given to the new registrar because the transfer cannot be started without it. The code is case-sensitive and traditionally includes numbers and special symbols, so as to prevent unauthenticated people from deciphering it. Certain domain registrars even change the codes of domain names registered through them periodically for even greater security.

EPP Transfer Protection in Hosting

You can get the EPP transfer authentication code for any domain name that you’ve registered through our company with only a couple of mouse clicks from the very same Hepsia Control Panel that you’ll use to manage your hosting account. Once you visit the Registered Domains section, you will find all your domain names neatly shown in alphabetical order. In case a particular extension supports transfers between domain registrars with an EPP code, you will notice an EPP button to the right of the given domain. If you click that button, the code will be sent to the email address associated with the Registrant contact for the domain in question. If you wish, you can edit the contact info, including the email, without even leaving this Control Panel section, in case the current email is not valid any longer.

EPP Transfer Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you register a domain name under a semi-dedicated server account with our company, you will be able to obtain its EPP transfer authentication code with only one mouse click, if you decide to move it to a different registrar company. All it takes to achieve that is to sign into your Hepsia Control Panel, to visit 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 there only if the respective TLD extension supports transfers with an EPP transfer code. Within a minute, an email that contains the EPP code will be sent to the domain name owner’s email address associated with that domain. You can update the latter through the same section of the Control Panel – if the one that is currently listed in the WHOIS details isn’t a valid one. As the update will take effect without any delay, you can request the EPP transfer code directly after that.