Transferring an already registered domain name entails switching the registrar company that provides the domain registration service, so after the transfer, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS record modifications through the new registrar. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most Top-Level Domain extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and entail different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain involves several basic procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a safety option, which is being embraced by more and more domain name registry operators. It’s a default feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain is locked, it will not be possible to initiate a transfer procedure, so no one 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 option are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Website Hosting

With a Linux website hosting from our company, you’ll exercise complete control over your domain names through our custom-developed Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You’ll be able to do anything you’d like, including locking & unlocking any of the domains registered here, provided that the specific domain extension supports this feature. Clicking on the padlock icon that you’ll notice next to any domain registered in your Control Panel will show you its current status and clicking on it once again will permit you to modify that status. If you want to transfer a domain name to another domain registrar, you can start the procedure straight away. Since unlocking a domain through your Hepsia Control Panel will take effect instantly, no propagation interval or any action on our end will be needed. Locking a domain is just as easy – you will just need to go through the exact same steps.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you have registered a domain name through us and you would like to transfer it away, you can quickly unlock it via the same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to manage your semi-dedicated server account. All domain registrations will be listed alphabetically in your account and you will see a small padlock-like icon next to each domain there, as long as its extension supports the registrar lock feature. You can see whether the domain is locked or not by clicking on this icon and change the present status by clicking on it again. You can then continue and initiate the domain transfer process straight away without needing to wait for the status to change on WHOIS lookup sites, as the update will take effect momentarily without you or us having to do anything else.