{"id":1339,"date":"2019-02-08T10:36:09","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T10:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2019\/02\/08\/1771588-how-to-transfer-a-uk-domain-to-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:15","slug":"1771588-how-to-transfer-a-uk-domain-to-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1771588-how-to-transfer-a-uk-domain-to-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Transfer a .UK Domain to Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">While an EPP or Auth code is needed for transferring most domains, some domain extensions (TLD), such as <b>.uk<\/b>, have different requirements that need to be taken into consideration for a successful domain transfer.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_816da88df1\">Preparations<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Before initiating a .uk domain transfer, make sure that:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">The domain name is active.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">You have full ownership of the domain name.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Your domain will not expire soon.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">You have the ability to request for the IPS tag change from your domain registrar<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">Once all these requirements are met, proceed with the next step &#128071; <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_f6dbcfad00\">Step 2 &ndash; Initiate the transfer<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Follow these steps to start the transfer:<\/p><ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><a href=\"\/support\/5465728-how-to-unlock-your-domain-before-transferring-to-hostinger\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Unlock your domain<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Open the <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/transfer-domain\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Hostinger Transfer Domain<\/a><\/b> page (or <b><a href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/domains\/transfer-domain\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Transfer Domain<\/a><\/b> if you already have a Hostinger account), insert your domain name, and click on <b>Transfer<\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Proceed with the payment.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><a href=\"\/support\/4598546-how-to-set-up-orders-at-hostinger\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Setup the order<\/a> from your hPanel<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Choose whether you want to keep your current nameservers or use <a href=\"\/support\/1583436-how-to-transfer-a-domain-to-hostinger#h_d0b579f5b8\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Hostinger nameservers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><p class=\"no-margin\">Within a few minutes from completing the order, you&rsquo;ll receive an email about the transfer. Be sure to confirm it by clicking the link provided.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">&#10071; Country-code TLDs, such as .uk, .es, .com.br, etc., are not renewed as part of the transfer.<\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_bec00232c7\">Step 3 &ndash; Change the IPS tag<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Once you&rsquo;ve confirmed the transfer via email, contact your current domain provider to request a change to the domain&rsquo;s IPS tag. Use the following value:<br>&#8203;<\/p><pre><code>AXIDOMAINS<\/code><\/pre><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">After updating the IPS tag, you can track the domain transfer status on the <b><a href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/domains\/transfers\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Transfers<\/a><\/b> page in hPanel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Changing the IPS tag for .uk, .co.uk, .org.uk and .me.uk domain transfers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[252],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transfer-domain-to-hostinger"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1771588-how-to-transfer-a-uk-domain-to-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/1771588-como-transferir-un-dominio-uk-a-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/1771588-comment-transferer-un-nom-de-domaine-uk-vers-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/1771588-cara-transfer-domain-uk-ke-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"lt-LT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/lt\/support\/1771588-kaip-perkelti-uk-domena-i-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/1771588-tudo-sobre-transferencia-de-dominio-uk-na-hostinger\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1339\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}