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How do you transfer an existing domain name to emyspot?

If you have already bought a domain name from another provider, emyspot lets you make an incoming transfer: this means entrusting the management of your domain to emyspot and leaving that provider.

This lets emyspot take care of its complete management and link it to your website, without you having to worry about the technical aspects.

Check whether the domain can be transferred

For a domain name to be transferable, and to make sure the transfer procedure goes smoothly, several criteria need to be checked:

  • The domain must have been created more than 60 full days ago (you can still link the domain to the website before this period ends by contacting online support, via the Help > Online support menu of your website's manager). This limitation does not apply to .fr domain names
  • The domain has not expired and is not close to expiring (allow a minimum of 2 to 3 weeks before the expiry date).
  • The email address of the domain owner is valid (a request for authorisation to transfer the domain will be sent to it).
  • Remove any protection against transfer attempts (check with the provider that manages the domain).

If these conditions are met, you can go ahead and transfer your domain.

If the domain is already registered with our domain registration provider, the following procedure does not apply - contact online support via the Help > Online support menu of your website's manager to arrange the setup of the domain name.

Inform the provider of the outgoing transfer

You must start by informing the registrar of the outgoing transfer of your domain, or the provider that manages it; they will give you a code that emyspot needs to start the transfer procedure. This code may also be called authinfo, EPP Key, and so on, depending on the organisation. 

To get this code, if the provider gives you access to a domain management interface, you can get it yourself; if you cannot find how to get this code or if you do not have direct access to the domain management, contact the user support team.

Keep this code safe.

If the domain name is a .be, the procedure for getting the transfer code is different - this tutorial explains how to get it.

Order the transfer to emyspot

From the manager, click the Subscriptions menu and go to the offers. The domain name offer is in the middle of the page.

You will find a field to enter the first part of the name, without the extension, but choose the extension from the list.

Then click the Check availability button.

emyspot queries the public Whois domain name database to check that the domain exists and asks whether you are the owner. Click the Is this your domain? link.

Transfer an existing domain name: choose the offer

Enter the transfer authorisation code

You are then asked to copy the authorisation code you obtained earlier and enter the owner's identity details before clicking the Save button.

emyspot now has the information it needs to carry out the incoming transfer of your domain; you now need to confirm your order up to payment.

Enter the auth code to transfer a domain name

After the order

Depending on the type of extension of your domain, you will receive an email from your registrar and/or from our domain registration provider asking whether or not you authorise the outgoing transfer of your domain to that provider.

You must of course authorise the transfer by following the instructions in the email within the time allowed; after that, the transfer will fail.

For some extensions, such as .fr or .be, this validation email is not sent; the transfer authorisation code provided when you placed the order is what counts.

Finally, the transfer is completed a few days later, and emyspot will notify you with an automatic message once the domain is effectively set up on your website.