Transferring a domain from one company to another traditionally involves the use of a special transfer authorization code, which different companies call an EPP authentication code, a domain name password or an Auth code. This code can be used as a protection measure against unsanctioned transfer attempts with all gTLD and with most ccTLD extensions. The code can be obtained only by the domain name owner and is issued by the present registrar. It must be given to the new domain registrar company because the transfer cannot be started without it. The code is case-sensitive and frequently includes numbers and special symbols, so as to impede unauthorized people from deciphering it. Certain domain name registrars even alter the codes of domains registered through them from time to time for even greater safety.
EPP Transfer Protection in Website Hosting
In case you’ve got a domain name registered through us and you have a website hosting account with us, getting its EPP code is incredibly easy. You won’t need to log in and out of different admin panels, as you can manage all your domains through the exact same Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is used to administer your web hosting account. You’ll see all active domain names the moment you log in and next to the domains whose extensions require an EPP transfer code in order to be transferred, you will notice a tiny EPP icon. All it takes to obtain the code is to click the icon. The code is always emailed to the domain name owner’s email, so in case the one that you specified originally isn’t valid anymore, you can update it with several mouse clicks from the exact same section.
EPP Transfer Protection in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you register a domain name under a semi-dedicated server account with us, you will be able to get its EPP transfer authorization code with only one mouse click, if you decide to move it to a different domain registrar. All it takes to do that is to sign into your Hepsia Control Panel, to go to the Registered Domains section and to click the EPP button, which will be to the right of the domain. Of course, such a button will be available only if the particular Top-Level Domain extension supports transfers with an EPP transfer code. Within a minute, an email message that contains the EPP code will be sent to the registrant’s email address associated with that domain name. You can modify the latter via the very same section of the Control Panel – in case the one that’s currently listed in the WHOIS archives isn’t valid. As the update will take effect without any delay, you can request the EPP transfer code directly after that.