Transferring an active domain involves switching the registrar that provides the domain registration service, so after the transfer, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS resource record modifications through the new registrar company. The transfer process is standard with most generic and country-code top-level domain name extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and entail different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain involves a few basic procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a security feature, which is being embraced by more and more registry organizations. It is a default feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain name is locked, it will be impossible to initiate a transfer procedure, so no one can even try to register your domain. The domain lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain name is registered and all new domains that support this option are locked by default when 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 hosting, and will take literally two mouse clicks. All your domain names will be shown in alphabetical order in the Domain Manager section of the Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the domain lock option, you’ll see a padlock-like sign. Click on it once and you will notice the domain name’s present status. Click again and you’ll alter its status. The update will propagate instantly without the need for you or for our company to do anything else for the status to be ‘refreshed’ on WHOIS lookup websites, so you can continue with the transfer process right away.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Managing your domain names with us is incredibly easy and the registrar lock option makes no exception. In case you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to manage the domains registered through us using the exact same Control Panel via which you will administer your hosting account. For your convenience, the domain names will be shown in alphabetical order and on the right-hand side you’ll see a padlock-like icon if the particular domain name supports the registrar lock option. If you click on the icon, you’ll see whether the particular domain is locked or not and you’ll be able to alter this status by clicking once again. The status will be updated immediately and you’ll be able to initiate the domain name transfer procedure without needing to wait for the change to appear on WHOIS lookup sites or for us to do anything on our end.