Transferring an active domain name involves switching the company that provides the domain name 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 itself is standard with most generic and country-code Top-Level Domain extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and entail different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails a few basic procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a safety option, which is being embraced by more and more registry operators. It’s a standard feature supported by all generic Top-Level Domains. If a domain name is locked, it will not be possible to start a transfer process, so nobody can even attempt to take your domain name. The domain lock can be removed only through the account where the domain name is registered in the first place and all new domain names that support this functionality are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Website Hosting

Locking and unlocking a domain registered through our company is remarkably easy. This can be accomplished through the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with our cloud website hosting plans, and will require literally two clicks of the mouse. All your domain names will be shown 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 see a padlock-like logo. Click on it once and you will see the domain’s present status. Click for the second time and you will alter its status. The update will take effect momentarily 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 initiate the transfer procedure straight away.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you’ve registered a domain through our company and you wish to transfer it away, you can easily unlock it via the same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to manage your semi-dedicated server account. All domain registrations will be displayed in alphabetical order in your account and you’ll notice a small padlock icon on the right side of each domain name there, as long as its generic or country-code extension supports the registrar lock option. You can find out if the domain name is locked or not by clicking on this icon and alter the current status by clicking on it again. You can then proceed and start the transfer process straight away without having to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites, as the update will propagate momentarily without you or us having to do anything else.