Transferring an already registered domain entails changing the domain registrar that provides the domain registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS resource record updates through the new domain name registrar. The transfer process itself is standard with most universal and country-specific top-level domain name extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and entail different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name involves several necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a security feature, which is being embraced by more and more domain name registry operators. It’s a default feature supported by all generic Top-Level Domains. If a domain is locked, it will be impossible to start a transfer procedure, so no one can even try to take your domain. The domain lock can be removed only through the account where the domain name is registered and all new domains that support this option are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Hosting

Locking and unlocking a domain name registered through us is exceptionally easy. This can be achieved through the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with our hosting, and will take exactly two clicks of the mouse. All your domain names will be shown alphabetically in the Domain Manager section of the Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the registrar lock option, you’ll see a padlock-like icon. Click on it once and you’ll see the present status of the domain. Click again and you’ll alter its status. The update will take effect instantly without the need for you or for our company to do anything else for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup websites, so you can initiate the transfer procedure right away.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you would like to transfer a domain name from our company to another registrar company and you have a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to get the domain ready with just a few mouse clicks. All your domain name registrations will be shown in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the same tool via which you will manage your web hosting account. If a specific generic or country-code TLD supports the registrar lock option, you’ll notice a padlock icon. You can find out if the domain name is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can alter the status by clicking again. This is all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or our company will have to do, so you can initiate the domain transfer procedure right away. The change will take effect momentarily, so you will not have to wait for the status to change on WHOIS lookup sites.