Transferring an active domain entails changing the domain registrar that handles the registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS record modifications through the new domain registrar. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most top-level domain name extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and entail different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails several necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a security option, which is being embraced by more and more domain name registry operators. It’s a default feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain is locked, it will not be possible to start a transfer process, so nobody can even attempt to register your domain. The lock can be removed only through the account where the domain name is registered in the first place and all new domains that support this option are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Web Hosting

With a web hosting from our company, you’ll have complete command over your domains through our custom-built Hepsia Control Panel. You will be able to do anything you would like, including locking & unlocking any of the domain names registered through us, provided that the specific generic or country-code top-level domain name extension supports this feature. Clicking the padlock logo that you will see next to any domain registered in your Control Panel will show you its present status and clicking it once more will enable you to alter that status. In case you’d like to transfer a domain name to another registrar company, you can initiate the procedure straight away. Since unlocking a domain name through your Hepsia Control Panel will take effect instantaneously, no propagation interval or any action on our end will be needed. Locking a domain name is just as easy – you will just have to follow the very same steps.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you’ve registered a domain through our company and you want to transfer it, you can easily unlock it via the very same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to administer your semi-dedicated server account. All domain registrations will be displayed in alphabetical order in your account and you will notice a mini padlock icon next to each domain there, on the condition that its generic or country-code extension supports the registrar lock option. You can find out whether the domain is locked or not by clicking on this icon and alter the present status by clicking on it once more. You can then proceed and start the domain name transfer procedure straight away without the need to wait for the status to change on WHOIS lookup websites, as the update will propagate instantly without you or us having to do anything else.