Transferring an already registered domain name involves switching the domain name registrar that provides the registration service, so after the transfer, you will have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS entry updates through the new registrar company. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most universal and country-specific domain name extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails a few necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a security feature, which is being embraced by more and more registry operators. It is a default feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain name is locked, it will be impossible to initiate a transfer process, so no one can even try to take your domain. 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 the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Web Hosting

If you get a Linux cloud web hosting package from our company, you’ll be able to administer all domains registered through us using our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you’ll be able to unlock any of them with just several mouse clicks. All registrations will be displayed in alphabetical order in the Domain Manager section of the Hepsia Control Panel and for each one of them you’ll notice a mini padlock logo. Clicking it will show you the present security lock status. If the domain name is locked and you’d like to transfer it away, you’ll just need to click once more and you’ll be all set. Locking a domain name is just as easy and since the domain names are administered in the very same location as the hosting account itself, you won’t have to log in and out of different admin consoles.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you’ve registered a domain through us and you would like to transfer it, you can easily unlock it through the exact same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to manage your semi-dedicated server account. All registrations will be displayed alphabetically in your account and you’ll see a small padlock icon next to each domain there, as long as its generic or country-code extension supports the registrar lock feature. You can find out whether the domain name is locked or not by clicking on this icon and update the present status by clicking on it once more. You can then proceed and start the domain transfer right away without needing to wait for the status to change on WHOIS lookup websites, as the change will propagate momentarily without you or us having to do anything else.