Transferring an active domain involves switching the domain name registrar that provides the registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS updates through the new registrar. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most universal and country-specific domain name extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails several basic steps and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The domain lock is a security option, which is being adopted by more and more domain registry organizations. It is a default feature supported by all generic Top-Level Domains. If a domain name is locked, it won’t be possible to start a transfer process, so no one can even attempt to steal your domain. The 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 functionality are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Website Hosting

Locking and unlocking a domain name registered through us is unbelievably easy. This can be done through the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with our Linux cloud website hosting, and will take exactly two clicks. All your domain names will be listed in alphabetical order in the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the registrar lock option, you will see a padlock-like icon. Click on it once and you will notice the present status of the domain. Click for the second time and you will change its status. The update will take effect immediately without the need for you or for us to do anything else for the status to be ‘refreshed’ on WHOIS lookup sites, so you can continue with the transfer right away.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you would like to transfer a domain name from our company to another registrar and you have a semi-dedicated server account, you will be able to get the domain name 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 exact same tool via which you’ll administer your web hosting account. If a particular generic or country-code TLD supports the registrar lock feature, you’ll notice a padlock icon. You can see if the domain is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can modify the status by clicking once more. 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 name transfer straight away. The change will propagate momentarily, so you will not need to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites.