Transferring an already registered domain involves switching the registrar that handles the registration service, so after the transfer, you will 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 TLD extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails several basic procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The domain lock is a safety feature, which is being adopted by more and more domain registry organizations. It is a standard feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain is locked, it will be impossible to start a transfer procedure, so no one can even attempt to take your domain name. The lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain name is registered in the first place and all new domain names that support this functionality are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Website Hosting

With a Linux website hosting from us, you’ll have complete command over your domain names through our in-house created Hepsia Control Panel. You will be able to do anything you would like, including locking and unlocking any of the domain names registered here, provided that the specific gTLD or ccTLD extension supports this option. Clicking the padlock icon that you’ll see next to any domain registered in your Hepsia Control Panel will show you its current status and clicking on it for the second time will allow you to update that status. In case you wish to transfer a domain name to another registrar company, you can initiate the process momentarily. Since unlocking a domain through your Control Panel will take effect immediately, no propagation time or any action on our end will be needed. Locking a domain name is just as easy – you will just need to complete the exact same steps.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you want to transfer a domain from our company to another domain name registrar and you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to get the domain ready with only several mouse clicks. All your domain names will be displayed in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the very same tool via which you’ll administer your web hosting account. If a particular gTLD or ccTLD supports the registrar lock option, you’ll notice a padlock icon. You can see if the domain name is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can change the status by clicking again. That’s all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or we will need to do, so you can go ahead with the domain name transfer straight away. The change will take effect immediately, so you will not need to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites.