If you create websites for your clients, you can transfer ownership of a website you developed to their account and remove it from yours. This is helpful if you created the website before your client purchased their own hosting plan or if you want to change ownership to your client's account at any time.
How Does It Work?
The transfer will move files, database and content to your client's hosting plan, excluding the domain name. You can also move the domain as a separate process
Once initiated, the transfer request remains valid for 7 days. If the authorisation link expires, you can generate a new request as needed
After completion, the website is permanently removed from the original account, remaining only on the new hosting account
Requirements
To transfer a website, it must meet these criteria:
Created using WordPress; transfer of websites using other CMS or the Hostinger Website Builder is not supported
Active status - the website must not be suspended for any reason
There are no ongoing migration requests for the website
The original hosting plan has at least 7 days or more before its expiration date
If any of these conditions are not met, the Transfer ownership function will not appear on the options menu. When everything is ready, follow these steps:
Step 1 - Initiate the Website Ownership Transfer
Login to hPanel. Once logged in to your Hostinger account, you will find quick access sections on the left sidebar. Click on WordPress Add-ons and navigate to the Ownership transfer tab. You can initiate a new transfer by clicking Initiate website transfer.
Search or select the name of the website you'd like to transfer and enter the email address associated with your client's Hostinger account where you want to transfer the website and click on Continue.
In the next window, confirm the details of the website transfer, check the box to accept changing the ownership and removing the website from your account, then click on Transfer ownership. Afterward, the transfer status will appear in the Ownership transfer tab.
The next step must be performed on your client's account.
Step 2 - Accepting the Transfer
Once the transfer request is initiated, your client will receive an email to accept the website transfer. The pending action will also appear on your client's hPanel Home, where they can click on the Accept button to proceed with the transfer.
If there is an active hosting plan on the account that can accommodate the new website, the transfer will be initiated and the website will be automatically transferred - it can take up to 30 minutes.
A notification will appear in hPanel when transfer is been completed on the top right corner:
An email notification indicating that the transfer is completed is sent to the original owner of the website.
That's it! Now the website is hosted on its new owner's account and can be managed from there.