Transferring an existing domain name entails changing the company that provides the registration service, so after the transfer, you’ll have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS resource record updates through the new registrar. The transfer procedure is standard with most generic and country-code top-level domain name extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails several basic procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a safety feature, which is being embraced by more and more domain registry operators. It’s a default feature supported by all generic Top-Level Domains. If a domain is locked, it won’t be possible to start a transfer procedure, so nobody can even attempt to snatch your domain name. The domain lock can be annulled 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 Web Hosting

Locking and unlocking a domain name registered through us is unbelievably easy. This can be accomplished through the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with our Linux web hosting, and will take exactly two clicks. All your domains will be shown alphabetically 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 symbol. Click on it once and you’ll see the domain’s present status. Click for the second time and you’ll change its status. The change will propagate 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 right away.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you have registered a domain name through our company and you wish to transfer it, you can quickly unlock it through the same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to manage your semi-dedicated server account. All registrations will be shown alphabetically in your account and you’ll see a small padlock-like icon on the right side of each domain there, on the condition that its generic or country-code extension supports the registrar lock feature. You can see whether the domain is locked or not by clicking on this icon and modify the present status by clicking on it once more. You can then proceed and start the transfer process straight away without waiting for the status to change on WHOIS lookup sites, as the update will propagate momentarily without you or us having to do anything else.