Transferring an already registered domain entails changing the domain name registrar that provides the domain name registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS resource record modifications through the new company. The transfer process is standard with most generic and country-code TLD extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain involves several basic procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The domain lock is a safety option, which is being adopted by more and more domain registry operators. It’s a standard feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain is locked, it won’t be possible to initiate a transfer process, so nobody can even try to take your domain. The domain lock can be removed only through the account where the domain 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 registered through our company is very easy. This can be done through the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with our Linux web hosting services, and will require literally two mouse clicks. All your domains will be displayed in alphabetical order in the Domain Manager section of the Hepsia Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the domain lock option, you will see a padlock-like icon. Click on it once and you will see the domain name’s present status. Click once again and you’ll 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 websites, so you can continue with the transfer straight away.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Managing your domain names with our company is amazingly easy and the registrar lock feature is not an exception. In case you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to administer the domain names registered through us using the very same Control Panel via which you’ll administer your web hosting account. For the sake of convenience, the domain names will be displayed in alphabetical order and on the right-hand side you’ll see a padlock-like icon if the given domain name supports the registrar lock feature. If you click on the icon, you will find out whether the particular domain is locked or not and you will be able to alter this status by clicking again. The status will be updated immediately and you will be able to initiate the transfer process without the need to wait for the update to appear on WHOIS lookup websites or for us to do anything on our end.