Transferring an existing domain entails changing the domain name registrar that provides the domain registration service, so after the transfer, you’ll have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS entry modifications through the new company. The transfer process itself is standard with most generic and country-code top-level domain name extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails a few 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 registry organizations. It is a default feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain is locked, it won’t be possible to initiate a transfer procedure, so no one can even try to register your domain name. The lock can be removed only through the account where the domain is registered in the first place and all new domain names that support this functionality are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Hosting

Locking and unlocking a domain name registered through our company is truly easy. This can be achieved through the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with our Linux hosting, and will take exactly two clicks of the mouse. All your domain names will be displayed alphabetically in the Domain Manager section of the Hepsia Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the domain lock option, you’ll notice a padlock-like logo. Click on it once and you’ll notice the domain name’s present status. Click again and you’ll alter its status. The update will take effect instantaneously without the need for you or for us to do anything else for the status to be ‘refreshed’ on WHOIS lookup sites, so you can initiate the transfer procedure right away.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you have registered a domain name through us and you want to transfer it away, you can easily unlock it via the same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to manage your semi-dedicated server account. All domain registrations will be shown alphabetically in your account and you will see a small padlock-like icon next to each domain name there, on the condition that its extension supports the registrar lock option. You can see if the domain name is locked or not by clicking on this icon and update the present status by clicking on it again. You can then continue and start the domain name transfer straight away without waiting for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites, as the change will propagate immediately without you or us having to do anything else.