When you sign up for a hosting account at Hostlantern with an existing domain name, it is recommended to transfer the domain name to us. This way you will be able to manage the domain name directly through your Hostlantern Customer Area.
We will notify you through e-mail messages when the renewal date is coming. You will not miss to renew the domain name and risk the web site to become inaccessible. Also, you will be able to use the domain name with a private DNS and benefit from our Google Apps manager.
Additionally, we offer an exclusive domain name transfer offer for the major domain name extensions. Once the domain name is transfered, you will get one year of a free domain name renewal.
In the following paragraphs we will provide the specific steps which should be followed at the Enom's end in order to prepare the domain name for the transfer.
First, you need to unlock your domain name. Log in the Enom Account Manager and navigate to Domains Menu->My Domains. Click on the chosen domain name in order to open the Domain Control Panel. Click on General Settings and select the Disable option next to the Registrar-Lock. At the end click on the Save button.
Then you should get the domain name authorization (EPP) code. Enter the domain name in the quickly manage this domain field. Click on the General Settings->Email Auth Code to Registrant option. The code will be sent to the administrative contact e-mail account. Make sure that this is a valid e-mail address and it functions correctly.
When the above steps are completed, allow up to one day for the domain name status to be changed and initiate the domain name transfer from the Hostlantern Customer Area->Order section->Domain Transfer. You will receive an approval e-mail at the domain's administrative e-mail account. Use the confirmation link in it to approve the domain name transfer. Then it will take up to 5 business days for the domain name to be transferred to Hostlantern.
If you get an e-mail from the losing registrar asking you to reject the transfer you can simply ignore it.
If you are not yet a customer, check out what our domain services include and how we can make your life easier. Managing your own domain is easy when you have the right host by your side.
