This guide explains how to transfer your domain name to Loopia and become our customer as the registrar (the company responsible for renewing and managing your domain). Moving a domain involves two steps: adding the domain to your Loopia account and starting a transfer so we take over the administrative responsibility.
Add your domain to a Loopia account
Before we can take over the management of your domain, you need to add the domain to an account with us. You can do this in the Loopia Customer Zone under the heading “What would you like to do?” by choosing Buy or add domain name > Add domain name. If you do not yet have a Loopia account, you can easily create one here.
Redelegation (point your domain to Loopia’s name servers)
A redelegation means changing the name servers (DNS servers) listed for your domain so that they point to Loopia. To get started with us as soon as possible, contact your current provider and ask them to redelegate the domain to our name servers below. A redelegation can take up to 48 hours to propagate, but it usually completes within a day.
- ns1.loopia.se — 93.188.0.20
- ns2.loopia.se — 93.188.0.21
Transfer (move the registrar responsibility to Loopia)
A transfer (redelegation to another registrar) means that Loopia takes over the administrative and technical responsibility for the domain, including future renewals. A transfer normally takes 7–18 days to complete (except for .se domains, which transfer immediately). Once it is finished, Loopia becomes the registrar for your domain. You can check who the current registrar is by visiting whois.loopia.com.
You will find the prices for transferring a domain to us on our website.
Requirements for .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz, .me, .mobi, .name, .tv, .be, .pl, .at and .cc
The following conditions must be met:
- The domain must be placed in the holder’s account.
- The domain name must be unlocked and active (status OK or Active).
- If the domain currently has WHOIS protection (private registration), it must be removed by the current provider, as we do not support it.
- You must be listed as the administrative contact with a working email address.
- There must be at least 30 days remaining before the domain expires.
- The domain name must have been registered with the current provider for at least 60 days.
- You need an auth-code (EPP code), which can be obtained from your current provider.
Once you have the authorisation code, log in to your account, click on the domain name in the list under Domain names, and then click Transfer of domain name.
Requirements for .se and .nu domains
The following conditions must be met:
- The domain must be placed in the holder’s account.
- You need an auth-code (EPP code), which can be obtained from your current provider.
- The code needs to be in the format <TLD>-<expire date>-<registrar>-<unique token>.
Once you have the authorisation code, log in to your account, click on the domain name in the list under Domain names, and then click Transfer of domain name.
Requirements for .eu domains
The following conditions must be met:
- The domain must be placed in the holder’s account.
- You need an auth-code (EPP code), which can be obtained from EURid.
Once you have the authorisation code, log in to your account, click on the domain name in the list under Domain names, and then click Transfer of domain name.
Requirements for .co.uk and .org.uk domains
The following conditions must be met:
- The domain must be placed in the holder’s account.
- Log in to your account and initiate a transfer by clicking on your domain name in the list under Domain names, then click Transfer of domain name.
After that, you should see a “TAG” in your Customer Zone, which you will give to your current provider.