Transferring an already registered domain name involves switching the domain name registrar that handles the domain registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS resource record updates through the new registrar. The transfer process is standard with most top-level domain name extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain entails a few basic procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a safety option, which is being adopted by more and more registry operators. It’s a default feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain is locked, it will be impossible to start a transfer process, so no one can even try to take your domain. The lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain name is registered and all new domains that support this feature are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Web Hosting

With a web hosting package from our company, you’ll exercise total authority over your domain names through our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel. You will be able to do anything you’d like, including locking & unlocking any of the domains registered through us, on the condition that the specific domain name extension supports this feature. Clicking the padlock logo that you will notice next to any domain name registered in your Hepsia Control Panel will show you its current status and clicking on it once again will allow you to edit that status. In case you want to transfer a domain name to another registrar, you can initiate the process right away. Since unlocking a domain through your Control Panel will take effect instantly, no propagation period or any action on our end will be required. Locking a domain name is just as easy – you’ll just need to follow the very same steps.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you wish 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 a few clicks of the mouse. All your domain names will be displayed in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the exact same tool via which you’ll administer your hosting account. If a particular gTLD or ccTLD supports the registrar lock feature, you’ll notice a padlock icon. You can find out if the domain is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can update 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 proceed with the domain name transfer process straight away. The change will take effect instantly, so you will not have to wait for the status to change on WHOIS lookup websites.