{"id":944,"date":"2022-06-15T07:15:39","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T07:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2022\/06\/15\/6305787-what-to-do-if-your-domain-is-in-reviewing-status\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T03:58:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T03:58:51","slug":"6305787-what-to-do-if-your-domain-is-in-reviewing-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6305787-what-to-do-if-your-domain-is-in-reviewing-status\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Do if Your Domain Is in Reviewing Status"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">Occasionally, after purchasing and registering a domain name, it may display a <b>Reviewing<\/b> status:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/06\/772f6f80-e335-4ad4-b24d-99f181f7b81e.jpg\" alt=\"The Domains section of Hostinger Members Area showing a domain with Reviewing Status\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">This status occurs when the domain contains certain keywords, such as:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Registered trademarks (e.g., <i>sellon<b>instagram<\/b>.tld<\/i>).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Alternative spellings or close misspellings of registered trademarks (e.g., <i>amazoon.tld<\/i>).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Names of public figures, including alternative or close spellings.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Reserved terms, which may be designated by governmental institutions or restricted for security reasons.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Other sensitive keywords, such as <i>bank<\/i> or <i>payment<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In addition, due to regulatory rules, <strong>all India and .DE domain registrations<\/strong> require phone verification <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>before&nbsp;<\/b>registration completes. Ensure that valid phone number is used in this process.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">The domain reviewing process typically takes up to <b>24 hours<\/b>.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">&#128161;If your domain doesn&rsquo;t contain certain keywords, get in touch with our <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1583780-how-to-access-live-support\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Customer Success team<\/a><\/b> and provide the purpose of registration for further checking.<\/p>\n<\/div><h2 id=\"h_3885d1bee1\">What happens next?<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">After the review, one of two outcomes will occur:<\/p><ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If the domain is approved:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">It will be automatically activated, and no further action is required.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If the domain is not approved:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">The domain will be canceled, and a refund will be automatically processed according to Hostinger&rsquo;s <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/legal\/refund-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Refund Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">You will also receive an email explaining why the domain was canceled. If you believe the domain should have been approved, you should reply to the email.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><h3 id=\"h_b112eebe63\">How to respond to the email<\/h3><p class=\"no-margin\">If you believe the domain should have been approved, you can reply to the received email with including the following:<\/p><ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Proof of trademark ownership or a valid license.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">A brief explanation of the domain&rsquo;s intended use, and<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Supporting documentation (e.g., company registration, licensing agreements, etc.).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><p class=\"no-margin\">Once documentation is provided, get in touch with our <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1583780-how-to-access-live-support\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Customer Success team<\/a><\/b>, and we will verify the documents for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Checking why a domain is in reviewing status and alternatives to fix it<\/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-944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-domain-registration"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6305787-what-to-do-if-your-domain-is-in-reviewing-status\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/6305787-mi-dominio-esta-en-estado-de-revision-que-hacer-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/6305787-mon-nom-de-domaine-est-en-statut-revision-que-faire\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/6305787-apa-yang-harus-dilakukan-jika-status-domain-sedang-ditinjau-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/6305787-------\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944","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=944"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9684,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944\/revisions\/9684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}