{"id":1502,"date":"2019-02-08T10:35:58","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T10:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2019\/02\/08\/1583399-how-long-does-domain-transfer-take-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T08:46:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T08:46:18","slug":"1583399-how-long-does-domain-transfer-take-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583399-how-long-does-domain-transfer-take-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How long does domain transfer take at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Find out how long a domain transfer takes at Hostinger. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583436-how-to-transfer-a-domain-to-hostinger\/\">Domain transfer<\/a> is a process involving multiple steps at both the current and target domain registrars.<\/p><h2 id=\"h-what-happens-during-a-domain-transfer\">What happens during a domain transfer<\/h2><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">To ensure the security of your domain, the transfer request is verified to make sure the <b>transfer is authorized and legitimate<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">It&rsquo;s also necessary to verify that <b>there are no locks or holds on the domain<\/b> and that it meets all the transfer requirements<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">The current domain registrar then<b> takes time to process the request<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Once the domain is transferred to the new registrar,<b> <\/b>the<b> domain records<\/b> <b>are updated<\/b> with the new information, which is followed by <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/4146975-what-is-dns-propagation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DNS propagation<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"h-how-long-it-takes\">How long it takes<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">It usually takes 5-7 days to transfer a domain. The exact timeframe depends on the current domain registrar (the one you want to transfer your domain from), and the <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/tutorials\/what-is-tld\/#Different_Types_of_Top-Level_Domains\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TLD of your domain<\/a><\/b>. In rare cases, some TLDs may require more than 7 days.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">You may always check the status of your domain transfer in the <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/domains\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Domains<\/a><\/b> section of hPanel. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583417-how-to-check-the-domain-transfer-status-at-hostinger\/\">how to check the domain transfer status at Hostinger<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4134118-understanding-different-domain-transfer-statuses-at-hostinger\/\">understanding different domain transfer statuses at Hostinger<\/a> for more details.<b><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find out when is your domain transfer going to be completed<\/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-1502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transfer-domain-to-hostinger"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583399-how-long-does-domain-transfer-take-at-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/1583399-cuando-se-completara-la-transferencia-de-dominio-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/1583399-quand-le-transfert-de-domaine-sera-t-il-termine-chez-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/1583399-kapan-transfer-domain-saya-selesai-dilakukan-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-BR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/1583399-quando-a-transferencia-de-dominio-sera-concluida\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/1583399-----\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1502","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=1502"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14699,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1502\/revisions\/14699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}