Transferring an active domain name involves switching the registrar that provides the domain registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS record modifications through the new registrar. The transfer process is standard with most universal and country-specific Top-Level Domain extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and entail different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails several basic steps and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The domain lock is a safety option, which is being embraced by more and more domain name registry organizations. It is a standard feature supported by all generic Top-Level Domains. If a domain name is locked, it will be impossible to initiate a transfer procedure, so no one can even try to register your domain. The domain lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain name is registered in the first place and all new domains that support this functionality are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Web Hosting

Locking and unlocking a domain name registered through our company is remarkably easy. This can be achieved through the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with our Linux web hosting packages, and will take exactly two mouse clicks. All your domain names will be shown alphabetically in the Domain Manager section of the Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the domain lock option, you’ll see a padlock-like sign. Click on it once and you will notice the current status of the domain. Click once more and you will alter its status. The change will take effect momentarily without the need for you or for us to do anything else for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites, so you can proceed with the transfer process straight away.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you want to transfer a domain from our company to another domain name registrar and you have a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to get the domain name ready with just several clicks. All your domain names will be listed in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the very same tool via which you will manage your hosting account. If a specific gTLD or ccTLD supports the registrar lock option, you will see a padlock icon. You can see if the domain is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can change the status by clicking for a second time. That’s all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or we will have to do, so you can continue with the domain transfer process right away. The update will take effect momentarily, so you won’t need to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup websites.