Transferring an active domain name involves changing the domain registrar that handles the registration service, so after the transfer, you will have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS entry modifications through the new company. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most universal and country-specific TLD extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and entail different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain name involves a few necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The domain lock is a safety option, which is being adopted by more and more registry organizations. It is a standard feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain name is locked, it will not be possible to start a transfer procedure, so nobody can even try to snatch your domain. 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 option are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Hosting

Locking and unlocking a domain name registered through our company is really easy. This can be achieved through the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with our Linux cloud hosting, and will take exactly two clicks. All your domain names will be listed alphabetically in the Domain Manager section of the Hepsia Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the registrar lock option, you’ll notice a padlock-like icon. Click on it once and you will see the domain’s current status. Click for the second time and you’ll alter its status. The change will take effect immediately without the need for you or for us to do anything else for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup websites, so you can proceed with the transfer procedure right away.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Locking or unlocking any domain registered through our company is amazingly easy and can be accomplished through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel – the one via which you manage your semi-dedicated server. You’ll see all your domain names in the Registered Domains section and those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a padlock icon next to them. You can unlock any domain name by clicking on its icon and since the update will propagate straight away, you’ll be able to proceed with the domain transfer procedure without the need to wait for the registrar lock status to be changed on WHOIS websites. If you change your mind and decide not to transfer the domain name away from us, locking it once again will be just as simple and will not take more than several clicks in your Control Panel.