Transferring an existing domain name involves changing the registrar that provides the registration service, so after the transfer, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS updates through the new company. The transfer process itself is standard with most generic and country-code domain extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and entail different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain entails a few necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a security feature, which is being adopted by more and more registry operators. It is a default feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain is locked, it will be impossible to start a transfer procedure, so nobody can even try to register your domain name. The lock can be removed only through the account where the domain is registered and all new domain names that support this option are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Web Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is included with each and every cloud web hosting package that we offer, will grant you full command over your domains. You’ll find all domain names registered through us neatly listed in alphabetical order in a separate section of the Control Panel. Those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a small padlock icon next to them. By clicking on the icon, you can see if the particular domain name is locked or unlocked and you can alter the present status by clicking once again – the process is as simple as that. You will not need to wait for the change to propagate or for our company to do anything, as the change of the status takes effect instantly, even if you notice something different on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such sites to ‘refresh’ the info that they show.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

Locking or unlocking any domain name registered through our company is really easy and can be done through the Hepsia Control Panel – the one via which you manage your semi-dedicated server. You’ll find all your domains in the Domain Manager section and the ones whose extensions support the registrar lock feature will have a padlock-like icon next to them. You can unlock any domain name by clicking on its icon and since the update will take effect straight away, you will be able to initiate the transfer procedure without needing to wait for the registrar lock status to be changed on WHOIS lookup websites. If you change your mind and choose not to transfer the domain away from our company, locking it again will be just as simple and will not require more than a few clicks in your hosting Control Panel.