Transferring an existing domain name entails switching the registrar company that provides the registration service, so after the transfer, you’ll have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS entry modifications through the new registrar. The transfer process is standard with most TLD extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails a few basic steps and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The domain lock is a safety option, which is being adopted by more and more registry operators. It’s a default feature supported by all generic Top-Level Domains. If a domain is locked, it will be impossible to start a transfer process, so nobody can even try to steal your domain name. The lock can be removed only through the account where the domain name is registered and all new domain names that support this option are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Shared Website Hosting

Locking and unlocking a domain registered through us is incredibly easy. This can be done through the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with our Linux shared website hosting packages, and will require exactly two clicks. All your domain names will be listed in alphabetical order in the Domain Manager section of the Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the domain lock option, you’ll notice a padlock-like icon. Click on it once and you will see the domain’s current status. Click once more and you’ll alter its status. The update will propagate instantly without the need for you or for us to do anything else for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites, so you can continue with the transfer process right away.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you would like to transfer a domain name from our company to another domain registrar and you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you will be able to get the domain name ready with just a couple of mouse clicks. All your domain registrations will be listed in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the exact same tool via which you’ll administer your web hosting account. If a specific gTLD or ccTLD supports the registrar lock feature, you’ll notice a padlock icon. You can see whether the domain name is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can update the status by clicking once more. This is all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or we will have to do, so you can start the domain transfer procedure right away. The update will take effect instantaneously, so you won’t need to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites.