Transferring an already registered domain name involves switching the registrar company that handles the domain name registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS resource record updates through the new registrar. The transfer process is standard with most universal and country-specific TLD extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain involves a few basic steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a safety feature, which is being adopted by more and more domain registry operators. It’s a standard feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain is locked, it will not be possible to initiate a transfer process, so nobody can even try to snatch your domain. The lock can be removed only through the account where the domain name is registered and all new domain names that support this feature are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Hosting

Locking and unlocking a domain registered through our company is remarkably easy. This can be achieved through the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with our Linux cloud hosting packages, and will take exactly two clicks. All your domains will be displayed in alphabetical order in the Registered Domains section of the Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the domain lock option, you’ll notice a padlock-like icon. Click on it once and you will see the domain’s present status. Click once more and you will alter its status. The change will take effect instantly 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 go ahead with the transfer straight away.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Managing your domain names with our company is exceptionally easy and the registrar lock option makes no exception. In case you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you will be able to administer the domain names registered through us using the same Control Panel via which you’ll manage your web hosting account. For your convenience’s sake, the domains will be displayed in alphabetical order and on the right you’ll notice a padlock-like icon if the given domain supports the registrar lock option. If you click on the icon, you’ll see whether the given domain is locked or not and you will be able to alter this status by clicking again. The status will be changed instantaneously and you’ll be able to initiate the transfer process without having to wait for the change to be displayed on WHOIS lookup sites or for our company to do anything on our end.