Transferring an active domain name entails changing the domain name registrar that handles the registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS entry updates through the new domain registrar. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most TLD extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails a few necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The domain lock is a security option, which is being adopted by more and more domain name registry organizations. It’s a standard feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain is locked, it will not be possible to start a transfer procedure, so nobody can even attempt to register your domain. The lock can be removed only through the account where the domain is registered and all new domains that support this feature are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting

Locking and unlocking a domain name registered through our company is incredibly easy. This can be accomplished through the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with our shared hosting plans, and will require exactly two mouse clicks. All your domain names will be shown in alphabetical order in the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the domain lock option, you’ll notice a padlock-like sign. Click on it once and you will see the present status of the domain name. Click once again and you will alter its status. The change will propagate instantaneously without the need for you or for our company to do anything else for the status to be ‘refreshed’ on WHOIS lookup websites, so you can proceed with the transfer right away.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you’d like to transfer a domain from our company to another domain registrar and you have a semi-dedicated server account, you will be able to get the domain ready with only a few clicks. All your domain name registrations will be shown in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the exact same tool via which you will administer your web hosting account. If a particular gTLD or ccTLD supports the registrar lock option, you’ll see a padlock-like icon. You can see if the domain name is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can change the status by clicking again. This is all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or we will have to do, so you can go ahead with the domain transfer right away. The change will propagate instantaneously, so you will not need to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites.