{"id":1492,"date":"2019-02-08T10:35:58","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T10:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2019\/02\/08\/1583411-can-a-domain-name-be-changed-after-purchase-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T07:15:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T07:15:22","slug":"1583411-can-a-domain-name-be-changed-after-purchase-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583411-can-a-domain-name-be-changed-after-purchase-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"Can a Domain Name Be Changed After Purchase at Hostinger?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">If you&rsquo;ve bought the wrong domain name by mistake or simply changed your mind, it&rsquo;s possible to switch to a different domain name with the same extension, as long as that it meets one of the following conditions:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">The domain is not activated yet: It will appear as <b>Pending setup<\/b> on your hPanel home page:<br>&#8203;<\/p>\n<div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/02\/f6157fc5-bb74-4e02-b01b-980b88308fed.jpg\" alt=\"A domain order with pending stup status.\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">or<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">The domain is refundable<b>:<\/b> In case the domain is already active, it must qualify for a refund according to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/legal\/refund-policy\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Refund Policy<\/a>. You can check the domain status in the <b><a href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/domains\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Domains<\/a><\/b> section of hPanel:<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/02\/9f9fc920-1200-44de-821a-d1c31870906b.jpg\" alt=\"The Domain list showing the status for a domain.\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Keep in mind that the purchase and registration dates may differ. You can confirm the creation date if needed using a tool like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/whois\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Whois<\/a>:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/02\/ce47f885-3c1f-4683-88fd-088a35f7cf59.jpg\" alt=\"The whois results for a domain showing the creation date.\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Once you&rsquo;ve confirmed the domain is eligible for a change, <a href=\"\/support\/1583780-how-to-access-live-support\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">contact us<\/a> and share the new domain name you&rsquo;d like, as long as it&rsquo;s available. We&rsquo;ll assist you with this process.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><a href=\"\/support\/1583407-how-to-register-a-domain-for-free\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Free domains<\/a> and domains from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/legal\/refund-policy#:~:text=ccTLD%20registries%20DO%20NOT%20permit%20refunds\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">non-refundable TLDs<\/a> cannot be changed &#128161; <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Changing or replacing a purchased domain name<\/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":[258],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-domain-registration"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583411-can-a-domain-name-be-changed-after-purchase-at-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/1583411-se-puede-cambiar-un-dominio-despues-de-la-compra-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/1583411-un-nom-de-domaine-peut-il-etre-modifie-apres-l-achat-chez-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/1583411-bisakah-saya-mengubah-domain-yang-baru-saja-dibeli-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"lt-LT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/lt\/support\/1583411-ar-uzregistravus-domena-galima-ji-pakeisti-hostinger-platformoje\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/1583411-um-nome-de-dominio-pode-ser-alterado-apos-a-compra-na-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/1583411--------\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492","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=1492"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5324,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492\/revisions\/5324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}