If you would like to transfer a domain name from one company to another, you will have to go through a couple of safety procedures. One of them is obtaining a unique EPP authorization code from the present registrar – provided that you are the domain registrant, since the code is sent to the domain owner’s email address and nobody else can obtain it. You will have to give this code to the new domain name registrar, otherwise they won’t be able to initiate the domain name transfer. The EPP codes are case-sensitive and may contain numbers or special symbols such as commas or dots, which can be easily mistyped, so make sure you copy and paste the right code. As an additional safety measure, the transfer authorization code for a domain name may be reset on a regular basis. Certain domain name registrars call this code a domain secret, an Auth key or a domain password as well.