Transferring an active domain involves changing the domain registrar that handles the registration service, so after the transfer, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS record updates through the new domain registrar. The transfer process is standard with most Top-Level Domain extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and entail different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain involves several necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The domain lock is a security option, which is being embraced by more and more registry operators. It is a standard feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain name is locked, it won’t be possible to start a transfer process, so no one can even attempt to snatch your domain name. The lock can be removed only through the account where the domain is registered in the first place and all new domains that support this functionality are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Website Hosting

Locking and unlocking a domain registered through us is astonishingly easy. This can be done through the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with our Linux website hosting, and will take exactly two clicks. All your domain names 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 notice a padlock-like symbol. Click on it once and you will notice the current status of the domain. Click once more and you’ll alter its status. The update will propagate momentarily without the need for you or for us to do anything else for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup websites, so you can proceed with the transfer right away.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you’ve registered a domain name through our company and you’d like to transfer it away, you can quickly unlock it through the very same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to manage your semi-dedicated server account. All domain registrations will be displayed alphabetically in your account and you will see a mini padlock-like icon next to each domain name there, provided that its extension supports the registrar lock option. You can see if the domain is locked or not by clicking on this icon and alter the present status by clicking on it once more. You can then continue and initiate the domain name transfer process straight away without waiting for the status to change on WHOIS lookup sites, as the update will take effect instantly without you or us having to do anything else.