Transferring an active domain name involves switching the registrar company that handles the registration service, so after the transfer, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS entry modifications through the new registrar company. The transfer process is standard with most domain extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and entail different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name involves a few basic steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The domain lock is a safety feature, which is being embraced by more and more domain name registry operators. It is a default feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain name is locked, it will be impossible to start a transfer procedure, so nobody can even try to take your domain name. The domain 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 the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Web Hosting

If you get a Linux web hosting package from our company, you will be able to manage all domain names registered through us using our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you will be able to unlock any of them with only a few clicks. All registrations will be shown in alphabetical order in the Domain Manager section of the Control Panel and for each one of them you’ll see a small padlock symbol. Clicking on it will show you the current security lock status. If the domain name is locked and you wish to transfer it, you’ll just have to click once again and that’s it. Locking a domain is just as easy and since the domains are administered in the exact same location as the hosting account itself, you won’t need to sign in and out of different admin interfaces.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you have registered a domain name through us and you would like to transfer it, you can easily unlock it through the very same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to administer your semi-dedicated server account. All registrations will be displayed in alphabetical order in your account and you’ll see a mini padlock-like icon on the right side of each domain name there, provided that its extension supports the registrar lock feature. You can find out whether the domain is locked or not by clicking on this icon and alter the present status by clicking on it once again. You can then continue and initiate the transfer straight away without needing to wait for the status to change on WHOIS lookup sites, as the change will propagate immediately without you or us having to do anything else.