Transferring an existing domain involves switching the domain name registrar that handles the domain name registration service, so after the transfer, you’ll have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS entry modifications through the new company. The transfer procedure is standard with most Top-Level Domain extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and entail different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name involves several necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The domain lock is a safety feature, which is being embraced by more and more domain registry operators. It is a default feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain is locked, it won’t be possible to initiate a transfer procedure, so no one can even try to take your domain name. The lock can be removed only through the account where the domain is registered and all new domains that support this feature are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Shared Website Hosting

Locking and unlocking a domain registered through us is truly easy. This can be achieved through the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with our shared website hosting, and will require exactly two mouse clicks. All your domains will be listed alphabetically in the Domain Manager section of the Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the domain lock option, you will notice a padlock-like icon. Click on it once and you will notice the domain’s present status. Click once again and you’ll alter its status. The change will propagate instantaneously without the need for you or for our company to do anything else for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites, so you can proceed with the transfer process straight away.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you have registered a domain through our company and you’d like to transfer it away, you can quickly unlock it via the same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to administer your semi-dedicated server account. All domain name registrations will be displayed alphabetically in your account and you’ll notice a small padlock icon next to each domain there, on the condition that 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 current status by clicking on it once again. You can then continue and start the domain transfer procedure straight away without needing to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup websites, as the update will propagate immediately without you or us having to do anything else.