Transferring an existing domain involves switching the domain name registrar that handles the domain registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS entry updates through the new registrar. The transfer procedure is standard with most TLD extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain involves a few basic procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a security option, which is being embraced by more and more registry organizations. It’s a default feature supported by all generic Top-Level Domains. If a domain is locked, it will not be possible to start a transfer process, so no one can even attempt to register your domain name. The domain lock can be removed only through the account where the domain name is registered and all new domain names that support this option are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Web Hosting

Locking and unlocking a domain name registered through us is incredibly easy. This can be achieved through the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with our web hosting, and will take exactly two mouse clicks. All your domains will be listed in alphabetical order in the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the registrar lock option, you’ll see a padlock-like sign. Click on it once and you’ll see the domain’s current status. Click for the second time and you’ll change its status. The change will take effect momentarily 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 initiate the transfer right away.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you want to transfer a domain name from our company to another registrar and you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to get the domain ready with just several clicks. All your domain name registrations will be shown in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the very same tool via which you’ll administer your web hosting account. If a given generic or country-code TLD supports the registrar lock feature, you’ll notice a padlock-like icon. You can see whether the domain name is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can alter the status by clicking once again. That’s all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or we will have to do, so you can initiate the transfer procedure right away. The change will propagate instantaneously, so you won’t have to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites.