Transferring an already registered domain involves changing the domain name registrar that handles the registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS entry modifications through the new registrar. The transfer procedure is standard with most universal and country-specific domain extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain entails several necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a security feature, which is being adopted by more and more domain name registry operators. It’s a standard feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain name is locked, it will not be possible to initiate a transfer process, so no one can even attempt to snatch your domain name. The domain lock can be removed only through the account where the domain name is registered and all new domain names that support this functionality are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Web Hosting

If you get a cloud web hosting from our company, you’ll be able to manage all domain names registered through us using our Hepsia Control Panel and you will be able to unlock any of them with only several clicks. All registrations will be listed alphabetically in the Domain Manager section of the hosting Control Panel and for each one of them you will see a small padlock icon. Clicking on it will show you the present security lock status. If the domain is locked and you wish to transfer it, you will just have to click once again and you will be all set. Locking a domain is just as easy and since the domain names are administered in the very same place as the web hosting account itself, you won’t need to sign in and out of different admin consoles.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you’ve registered a domain through our company and you’d like to transfer it, you can quickly unlock it via the same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to manage your semi-dedicated server account. All registrations will be shown alphabetically in your account and you will see a mini padlock icon next to each domain name there, on the condition that its extension supports the registrar lock option. You can find out whether the domain is locked or not by clicking on this icon and update the present status by clicking on it once more. You can then go ahead and initiate the domain transfer process straight away without having to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites, as the change will take effect momentarily without you or us having to do anything else.