{"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":"2026-05-08T13:17:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:17:07","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 authorization code is required for most domain transfers, .uk domain extensions follow a different process. To successfully transfer a .uk domain to Hostinger, you must update the domain&rsquo;s IPS tag through your current registrar.<\/p><h2 id=\"h-before-you-start\">Before you start<\/h2><ul>\n<li>Ensure the domain name is active.<\/li>\n<li>Verify that you have full ownership of the domain name.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure the domain will not expire during the transfer process.<\/li>\n<li>Confirm you can request an IPS tag change from your current domain registrar.<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/5465728-how-to-unlock-your-domain-before-transferring-to-hostinger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unlock your domain<\/a> on your current registrar.<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"h-step-1-initiate-the-hostinger-transfer-order\">Step 1 &ndash; Initiate the Hostinger transfer order<\/h2><p>To begin the process, you must first create a transfer request within your Hostinger account:<\/p><ol>\n<li>Open the Hostinger domain transfer page:\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/domains\/transfer-domain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Transfer Domain<\/a> on hPanel<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/transfer-domain\">Hostinger Transfer Domain<\/a> page if you don&rsquo;t have a Hostinger account yet.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Enter your domain name.<\/li>\n<li>Complete the payment for the transfer.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4598546-how-to-set-up-orders-at-hostinger\">Set up<\/a> the domain transfer order.<\/li>\n<li>Choose whether to keep your current nameservers or use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583436-how-to-transfer-a-domain-to-hostinger#h_d0b579f5b8\">Hostinger nameservers<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Open the confirmation email sent to your administrative address and click the provided link.<\/li>\n<\/ol><h2 id=\"h-step-2-change-the-ips-tag\">Step 2 &ndash; Change the IPS tag<\/h2><p>After confirming the transfer via email, log in to the platform where you currently manage your domain and request an IPS tag change. Use the following value:<\/p><pre><code>AXIDOMAINS<\/code><\/pre><p>Once the IPS tag is updated, you can track the progress of your transfer in the <a href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/domains\/transfers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Transfers<\/a> section of your hPanel. Your domain will be ready to manage at Hostinger shortly.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\"><strong>NOTE<\/strong><\/p><ul>\n<li class=\"no-margin\">Country-code top-level domains (ccTLDs) like .uk, .es, and .com.br are not renewed automatically as part of the transfer process and preserve the same expiration date as before the&nbsp; transfer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10417,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1339\/revisions\/10417"}],"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}]}}