{"id":434,"date":"2025-01-20T03:07:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T03:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2025\/01\/20\/10427446-how-to-transfer-a-com-au-domain-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:11:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:11:58","slug":"10427446-how-to-transfer-a-com-au-domain-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/10427446-how-to-transfer-a-com-au-domain-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Transfer a .com.au Domain at Hostinger?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">.COM.AU domains are a type of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/tutorials\/what-is-tld\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">top-level domain<\/a> (TLD) specific to Australia. They are used for websites, businesses, and organizations located or operating within the country. <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_9c555c5734\"><b>Step 1 &ndash; Preparations<\/b><\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Before initiating a .com.au domain transfer, make sure to have at hand:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">The EPP code of the domain name.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">The Eligibility ID type.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">An <a href=\"https:\/\/abr.business.gov.au\/Search\/Run\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">active ABN or ACN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">The related trademark, and that it is either in active or pending status.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">A valid and active email address to receive the Form of Authorization (FoA).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">.COM.AU domains can be transferred if you have a business and a valid business number within Australia. A list of accepted business numbers can be found below:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">ARBN.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Australian Business Number (ABN).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Australian Capital Territory Business Number (ACT BN).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Australian Company Number (ACN).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">New South Wales Business Number (NSW BN).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Northern Territory Business Number (NT BN).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Queensland Business Number (QLD BN).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">South Australia Business Number (SA BN).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Tasmania Business Number (TAS BN).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Trademark (TM).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Victoria Business Number (VIC BN).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Western Australia Business Number (WA BN).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Once all these requirements are met, proceed with the next step &#128071;<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_02f8120154\"><b>Step 2 &ndash; Initiate the transfer<\/b><\/h2><ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Open the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/transfer-domain\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Hostinger Transfer Domain<\/a> page (or <a href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/domains\/transfer-domain\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Transfer Domain<\/a> if you already have a Hostinger account), insert your domain name, and click on Transfer.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Proceed with the payment.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><a href=\"\/support\/4598546-how-to-set-up-orders-at-hostinger\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Setup the order<\/a> from your hPanel and enter the EPP code<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Choose whether you want to keep your current nameservers or use <a href=\"\/support\/1583436-how-to-transfer-a-domain-to-hostinger#h_d0b579f5b8\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Hostinger nameservers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_7db39d5bd5\"><b>Step 3 &ndash; Complete the transfer<\/b><\/h2><ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">A Form of Authorization (FoA) will be sent to the email address provided during the domain transfer setup.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Check your email to approve the transfer via the Form of Authorization (FoA). Be sure to check both your inbox and spam folder.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Once the domain owner approves the FoA, the transfer process will begin, typically taking up to 2 days to complete.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If the Form of Authorization (FoA) is not approved, the transfer will not proceed.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If you are not receiving the Form of Authorization (FoA), you can reach out to <a href=\"\/support\/1583780-how-to-contact-hostinger-support\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">us <\/a>for further checking.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A comprehensive guide to Australian domain transfer requirements<\/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-434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transfer-domain-to-hostinger"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/10427446-how-to-transfer-a-com-au-domain-at-hostinger\/","default":1}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434","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=434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}