Transfer Your Domain Name

You keep all your remaining time. When you transfer a domain, we add one full year to your current expiration date. For example, if your domain expires in 6 months and you transfer to us with a 1-year term, your new expiration date will be 18 months from now.

Most transfers complete within a few days once you have approved all confirmation messages. The exact timing depends on your current registrar and registry rules. Contact our support team to discuss specific transfer timelines to minimize downtime and ensure your website and email remain active and accessible throughout the process.

In most cases, your website and email stay online if you keep your current hosting and DNS settings during the transfer. Any change to nameservers or DNS records should be planned carefully to avoid outages. Talk with our PapaSquad support team for more information.

ICANN policies generally require that a domain be at least 60 days old before transferring between registrars. Certain recent changes to registrant information can also trigger a 60‑day lock.

No. You can keep your existing hosting provider and simply move the domain registration to HostPapa. You can later migrate hosting and email if you decide to consolidate everything with us.

It depends on the status. If your domain expired recently and is still in the grace period at your current registrar, you may be able to transfer it. However, you may need to renew it first. Domains in redemption status cannot be transferred. Contact your current registrar to check your domain's status.

Contact your current registrar to request your authorization code. Most registrars provide this through their control panel in the domain management section. Some registrars will email the code to the administrative contact email address on file. If you have trouble obtaining the code, your current registrar's support team should be able to help.

Yes. You can decline or cancel a transfer request before it completes. Log in to your HostPapa account and go to the domain transfers section to cancel an incoming transfer. You can also contact your current registrar to reject the transfer on their end.

Common reasons for transfer rejection include: domain is locked, incorrect authorization code, administrative contact did not approve the transfer, domain is too new (less than 60 days old), domain was recently transferred, or there are registry restrictions on the domain extension. Check your email for specific details about why the transfer was rejected and correct the issue before trying again.

The authorization code (also called EPP code, auth code, or transfer key) is a unique security code assigned to your domain. It proves that you have permission to transfer the domain. This code is typically 6 to 16 characters long and contains a mix of letters and numbers.