{"id":1474,"date":"2019-02-08T10:35:59","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T10:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2019\/02\/08\/1583443-how-to-verify-domain-registrant-s-contact-details-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T10:06:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T10:06:15","slug":"1583443-how-to-verify-domain-registrant-s-contact-details-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583443-how-to-verify-domain-registrant-s-contact-details-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Verify Domain Registrant&#8217;s Contact Details at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"h_e7976d09fa\">Why is domain verification required?<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">The Internet authority on domain names, <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.icann.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ICANN<\/a> (or <i>Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers<\/i>), requires confirming the validity of the domain owner&rsquo;s email address and other contact information.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Therefore, most domains must be verified <b>within the first 15 days<\/b> after purchase, transfer, or a change in the contact details. If verification is not completed in time, the domain is <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1583442-my-domain-is-suspended-for-icann-domain-verification-what-to-do\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">temporarily suspended<\/a> and stops working until verified.<\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p>Special requirements for India-related domains:<\/p>\n<ul data-list-tree=\"true\" data-indent=\"0\" data-border=\"0\">\n<li><strong>All<\/strong>&nbsp;domain registrations where the registrant country is&nbsp;<b>India<\/b><\/li>\n<li>All&nbsp;<strong>.IN<\/strong>&nbsp;TLD domains, regardless of registrant country<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These domains&rsquo; contact details must be verified within <strong>7 days<\/strong> to avoid suspension.<\/p>\n<\/div><p>&nbsp;<\/p><h2 id=\"h_10cf405b85\">How to verify a domain<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">After registering a new domain at Hostinger, we send you a verification message to the email address specified in the domain owner&rsquo;s contact details.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">If you haven&rsquo;t received the verification email, navigate to the <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/domains\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Domains<\/a> <\/b>tab and click on <b>Manage<\/b> next to the domain in question:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/02\/fc62e334-0271-4758-a29e-263efbca03fb.jpg\" alt=\"Hostinger domains list with the Manage button highlighted for suspended domain domain.tld.fun\" data-media-id=\"5260\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Next, click on <b>Resend email<\/b>:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/02\/e062c75d-ff81-4318-ae8c-b472a9e97eae.jpg\" alt=\"Domain overview with Resend email button highlighted in the verification notice\" data-media-id=\"5264\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Open the inbox of the email address you specified for your domain and look for a message sent by an address ending with <b>@hostingerdomains.com<\/b>.<b>&nbsp;<\/b>Make sure to check&nbsp;the Spam and Trash folders as well.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Next, click on the link in the message. You will be redirected to a verification page similar to the following. Once there, click on <b>Verify<\/b>:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/02\/25d3346a-8867-49f5-9043-2be41a0fd645.jpg\" alt=\"Email verification popup with the Verify button highlighted next to Cancel\" data-media-id=\"5263\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Give it <b>up to 15 minutes<\/b> for the changes to be applied. If the domain verification still appears as pending after that time, you can update the status on your panel by clicking on the <b>Check again<\/b> button:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/02\/44188bfc-918e-41c4-b760-8984f87699fc.jpg\" alt=\"Domain overview warning with Check status button for suspended domain email verification\" data-media-id=\"5265\"><\/div><h2 id=\"h_28230cac4b\">What to do if you don&rsquo;t receive the verification email?<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">If you have tried resending the verification email and you are not receiving it, you can try the following:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Use your email account&rsquo;s search function to find keywords such as <b>ICANN<\/b>, <b>domain<\/b>, or <b>your actual domain name<\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Check for emails sent by @<b>hostinger-domains.com <\/b>or<b> @hostingerdomains.com<\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Change your <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/4778256-how-to-change-your-domain-contact-details\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">domain&rsquo;s contact details<\/a> to another email address to which you <b>have access<\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">If you <b>inserted an email address to which you don&rsquo;t have access<\/b>, e.g., due to a typo, enter the correct address on your <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/4778256-how-to-change-your-domain-contact-details\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">domain&rsquo;s contact details<\/a> and approve the change. Once the new address is applied, <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1583780-how-to-contact-live-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contact us<\/a>, and we will help you with the next steps to verify your domain.<\/p><h2 id=\"h-early-contact-correction-within-7-days-of-registration\">Early contact correction (within 7 days of registration)<\/h2><p>If the original email is unverified and the domain was registered within the last 7 days, you can update the registrant email directly in hPanel without requiring approval from the old address:<\/p><ul>\n<li>Go to <strong>Domains &#10095; Manage<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Can&rsquo;t access this email<br>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-11107\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-05_16-51-300x116.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"608\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-05_16-51-300x116.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-05_16-51-1024x395.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-05_16-51-768x296.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-05_16-51-1536x592.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-05_16-51.png 1842w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/p><ul>\n<li>Input the&nbsp;<strong>new email&nbsp;<\/strong>that you want to use to verify the domain.<\/li>\n<\/ul><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-11106\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-05_16-52-300x234.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"394\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-05_16-52-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-05_16-52-1024x797.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-05_16-52-768x598.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-05_16-52.png 1048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" \/><\/p><ul>\n<li>&nbsp;Complete the phone verification (OTP). You can click <strong><span class=\"hljs-strong\">Resend OTP<\/span><\/strong>&nbsp;if needed.<\/li>\n<\/ul><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-11105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-05_16-53-300x255.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"391\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-05_16-53-300x255.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-05_16-53-768x653.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-05_16-53.png 962w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><\/p><ul>\n<li>Once you complete the OTP verification, open the inbox of your new email address and click the confirmation link to finalize the change.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-11108\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-05_16-58-300x194.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"408\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-05_16-58-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-05_16-58-768x495.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/06\/2026-06-05_16-58.png 896w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul><p><strong>NOTES<\/strong><\/p><ul>\n<li>This option is only visible in hPanel during the first 7 days after domain registration. After 7 days, or if the original email was already verified, the standard contact-change process applies and requires approval from the registered email.<\/li>\n<li data-kodee=\"hide\">If you entered an incorrect email address due to a typo and the 7-day window has passed, enter the correct address in your domain&rsquo;s contact details and approve the change. Once the new address is applied, contact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583780-how-to-contact-hostinger-support\/\">our support<\/a> for assistance with the remaining verification steps.<\/li>\n<\/ul><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Some TLDs do <b>not require domain verification<\/b> &ndash; in that case, you will not receive the verification email or see the option to resend it &#128161;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Understanding the importance of verifying domain registrant&#8217;s contact details<\/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":[255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-domain-verification"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583443-how-to-verify-domain-registrant-s-contact-details-at-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/1583443-como-verificar-un-dominio-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/1583443-comment-verifier-un-domaine-chez-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/1583443-bagaimana-cara-verifikasi-domain-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"lt-LT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/lt\/support\/1583443-kaip-patvirtinti-domena-hostinger-platformoje\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-BR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/1583443-como-verificar-um-dominio-na-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/1583443-----hostinger\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1474","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=1474"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11109,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1474\/revisions\/11109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}