Transferring an already registered domain involves changing the domain name registrar that provides the domain name registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS entry modifications through the new domain name registrar. 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. The domain lock is a security feature, which is being adopted by more and more domain name registry operators. It’s a default feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain name is locked, it will be impossible to start a transfer process, so nobody can even try to steal your domain name. The domain lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain is registered in the first place 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 name registered through our company is amazingly easy. This can be done through the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with our Linux shared website hosting service, and will take exactly two mouse clicks. All your domains will be listed alphabetically in the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the registrar lock option, you will notice a padlock-like symbol. Click on it once and you will notice the present status of the domain. Click once again and you will change its status. The change will take effect immediately without the need for you or for us to do anything else for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup websites, so you can proceed with the transfer procedure straight away.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

Locking or unlocking any domain registered through us is amazingly easy and can be done through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel – the one via which you administer your semi-dedicated server. You’ll see all your domains in the Registered Domains section and the ones whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a padlock icon on their right. You can unlock any domain name by clicking on its icon and since the change will take effect straight away, you will be able to go ahead with the domain name transfer without having to wait for the registrar lock status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites. If you reconsider your decision and decide not to transfer the domain name away from our company, locking it once again will be just as simple and will not require more than a few clicks in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel.