Transferring an active domain name entails switching the registrar that handles the domain name registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS record modifications through the new domain name registrar. The transfer process itself is standard with most universal and country-specific Top-Level Domain extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain entails a few necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a security option, which is being embraced by more and more domain registry organizations. It is a standard feature supported by all generic Top-Level Domains. If a domain name is locked, it won’t be possible to start a transfer process, so no one can even try to take your domain name. The domain lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain is registered and all new domain names that support this functionality are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting

With a Linux shared hosting plan from our company, you’ll exercise complete authority over your domain names through our in-house created Hepsia Control Panel. You’ll be able to do anything you’d like, including locking and unlocking any of the domain names registered through our company, provided that the specific domain extension supports this option. Clicking on the padlock symbol that you will see next to any domain name registered in your Control Panel will show you its present status and clicking on it for the second time will enable you to edit that status. In case you would like to transfer a domain name to another domain name registrar, you can start the process straight away. Since unlocking a domain name through your Hepsia Control Panel will take effect momentarily, no propagation interval or any action on our end will be needed. Locking a domain is just as easy – you’ll just have to go through the exact same steps.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you’ve registered a domain name through our company and you would like to transfer it away, you can easily unlock it through the very same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to administer your semi-dedicated server account. All registrations will be shown alphabetically in your account and you’ll notice a mini padlock-like icon on the right side of each domain name there, on the condition that its generic or country-code extension supports the registrar lock feature. You can find out if the domain is locked or not by clicking on this icon and alter the present status by clicking on it again. You can then proceed and start the transfer straight away without needing to wait for the status to change on WHOIS lookup sites, as the update will take effect instantaneously without you or us having to do anything else.