{"id":1575,"date":"2019-02-08T10:35:54","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T10:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2019\/02\/08\/1583237-do-not-honor-authorization-error-while-making-a-payment-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T07:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T07:25:07","slug":"1583237-do-not-honor-authorization-error-while-making-a-payment-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583237-do-not-honor-authorization-error-while-making-a-payment-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cDo Not Honor\u201d authorization error while making a payment at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">The &ldquo;<b>Do Not Honor<\/b>&rdquo; authorization or <b>declined transaction<\/b> error can occur when you&rsquo;re trying to pay using a debit or credit card.<\/p><h2 id=\"h-why-this-error-happens\">Why this error happens<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">This error usually happens because your bank is rejecting the transaction request for one of the following reasons:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">The card has expired.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">The card details you provided are incorrect.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Online transactions are restricted for that particular card.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If you&rsquo;re trying to make a purchase in a different country than where your card was issued.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"h-how-to-resolve-it\">How to resolve it<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Since the specific reason can vary, the best course of action is to <b>contact your bank directly<\/b>. They will be able to inform you of the exact reason for the error and guide you on the necessary steps to resolve it.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Alternatively, you can try using a different <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583236-what-payment-methods-are-available-at-hostinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">payment method<\/a>.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">If you&rsquo;re experiencing a different payment error, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4147167-what-to-do-if-there-is-an-error-during-payment-at-hostinger\/\">what to do if there is an error during payment at Hostinger<\/a> for more general troubleshooting.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What to do in case of a declined transaction error<\/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":[224],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-issues-with-payment"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583237-do-not-honor-authorization-error-while-making-a-payment-at-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/1583237-error-de-autorizacion-do-not-honor-al-realizar-un-pago-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/1583237-erreur-d-autorisation-do-not-honor-lors-d-un-paiement-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/1583237-kesalahan-otorisasi-do-not-honor-saat-melakukan-pembayaran-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-BR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/1583237-erro-de-pagamento-do-not-honor-hostinger\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1575","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=1575"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14409,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1575\/revisions\/14409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}