Transferring an already registered domain name entails changing the domain name registrar that provides the registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS resource record modifications through the new company. The transfer process is standard with most Top-Level Domain extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails a few 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 registry operators. It is a default feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain name is locked, it will be impossible to initiate a transfer process, so nobody can even try to take your domain name. The lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain is registered and all new domains that support this option are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting

Locking and unlocking a domain registered through us is truly easy. This can be achieved through the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with our Linux shared packages, and will take literally two mouse clicks. All your domains will be shown alphabetically 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 current status of the domain name. Click for the second time and you’ll change its status. The update will propagate instantaneously 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 continue with the transfer straight away.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you wish to transfer a domain name from our company to another registrar company and you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you will be able to get the domain ready with only a couple of mouse clicks. All your domain registrations will be displayed in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the exact same tool via which you will manage your hosting account. If a particular generic or country-code TLD supports the registrar lock option, you’ll notice a padlock 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 more. That’s all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or our company will have to do, so you can continue with the domain name transfer process right away. The update will take effect instantly, so you will not have to wait for the status to change on WHOIS lookup sites.