A successful business starts with a good name!

You can check whether your chosen domain is available using the domain search on our website. You can also check .hu domains at domain.hu, EU domains at eurid.eu, generic international domains (gTLDs) at lookup.icann.org, and country-code domains (ccTLDs) on the website of the relevant country’s domain registry.

Domain registration means reserving the name of your choice for one or more years. When you register a domain name, you don’t acquire ownership: you buy the exclusive right to use it, which can be renewed for another year (or more) before it expires. We manage the domain name both administratively and technically, so there’s nothing you need to do.

A domain transfer means moving a name registered with another provider to SzerverZum – in other words, changing registrar. If you already have a domain name and buy hosting from us, it’s worth transferring the domain too: we can set up the technical side more easily and with less risk of errors, administration is simpler, and the related services (domain name and hosting) are renewed in one place.

Domain pointing means that a domain name registered with another provider stays there, but you connect it to hosting bought from SzerverZum. This works perfectly well technically, but managing the domain and the hosting separately can lead to administrative and technical errors. It’s worth keeping these services in one place to minimise the risk.

For individuals:
Name, address, phone number, email address, ID card number and date of birth.

For sole traders, companies, foundations and other organisations:
Name of the business/organisation, registered address, phone number, email address and tax number.

To order new hosting and domain registration, please fill in our online order form. Domain registration and hosting subscriptions are concluded online – there are no paper documents to fill in and send back.

If you’d like to add more domains to your existing SzerverZum hosting, just email our support team at [email protected] – we’ll reply quickly and take care of the registration. You can also order a new domain registration in the Client Portal.

If you don’t have hosting yet, or your hosting is elsewhere, you can still register a domain with us, although we recommend keeping these services in one place. We’re happy to help with any request or question – just email your domain registration request to [email protected].

Transferring Hungarian (.HU) domain names

A .HU domain name can be transferred with an “AUTH” code.

If the domain name was registered before 1 May 2025 and has no AUTH code, it needs to be converted to factor-based identification (“factorisation”). This can be done by your current domain registrar.

If your registrar refuses or is unwilling to do this, please contact us and we’ll find a solution. Domain names are recorded in a central registry, so the holder of the right of use can manage the domain even if the current registrar is unavailable or won’t help once it learns that the domain is being moved. A document-based transfer of a .HU domain name is usually possible; in this case, we carry out the factorisation during the transfer. We’ll let you know which documents are needed and the extra administration fee for a document-based transfer.

Transferring international and foreign country-code domains

To transfer generic international domains (.COM, .NET, .EU etc.) and foreign country-code domains (.AT, .DE, .SK etc.), you usually need an “Auth Code” or “EPP Code”, which your previous domain registrar or hosting provider can give you.

We use the AUTH code to start the domain transfer.

As the process differs between domain extensions, we always email you separately with the exact steps and what’s needed for the transfer.

After you order and pay the domain registration fee, we start registering the domain.

• For .HU domains, the registration itself happens immediately, but the Registry’s review and activation usually take 3–6 hours. After that, the domain name is ready to use.
• For international and foreign domain extensions, the domain name can be used within 2–4 hours of registration.

Before your domain name expires, we’ll email you a reminder with a pro forma invoice for the next year’s renewal fee. This is usually the same as the first-year registration fee.

To make sure you don’t miss it, we send 3+1 reminders in total:

1. Reminder and pro forma invoice 15 days before expiry
2. Reminder 7 days before expiry
3. Reminder 1 day before expiry

+1: If the domain hasn’t been renewed, we send one more reminder 2 days after expiry.

The domain name becomes inactive on the day after it expires. The expiry date can’t be changed – we have no influence over it.

Please make sure you pay the renewal fee in time!

Expired domain names are deleted after a certain period, and renewing a domain from expired/quarantine status may involve extra costs.

.HU domains are deleted on the 31st day after expiry and become free for anyone to register. Restoring an expired .HU domain costs an extra 1,900 HUF + VAT on top of the renewal fee.

International and foreign domains go into pre-deletion quarantine: they become inactive, but the current domain holder can still renew or restore them. For international and foreign domains, the quarantine period is usually 30–60 days, and for some domains restoration is free for a certain time. If restoring the domain involves a fee, we’ll let you know before restoring it, and you can decide to cancel the renewal. The restoration fee depends on the domain extension and on how much time has passed since the expiry date.

With all our packages, you can create unlimited subdomains (e.g. shop.yourdomain.com) in a few clicks in the cPanel control panel.

A subdomain created in cPanel is active immediately and ready to use – there’s no need for our approval or any further technical settings (such as changing the domain’s DNS records).

You can manage your domain’s DNS records (edit, add or delete them) in cPanel, under Domains, by clicking the Zone Editor icon. Please take care when editing DNS records, as an incorrect change can make your domain, website or email stop working or work incorrectly.

If you’d like, we’re happy to make the necessary changes for you as part of our customer support.

You can request a change of your domain’s DNS servers in the Client Portal. If you’re not 100% sure what a DNS change will do and how it will affect your domain and services, please contact us and ask for our help before changing your DNS/nameservers.