Transferring an already registered domain involves switching the registrar that handles the domain name registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS record updates through the new registrar. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most Top-Level Domain extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain involves several necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The domain lock is a safety option, which is being adopted by more and more registry organizations. It is a default feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain is locked, it will be impossible to start a transfer procedure, so nobody can even try to snatch your domain. The domain lock can be removed only through the account where the domain is registered and all new domain names that support this feature are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting

If you order a shared hosting from our company, you’ll be able to administer all domain names registered through us using our Hepsia Control Panel and you will be able to unlock any of them with just several mouse clicks. All registrations will be shown in alphabetical order in the Domain Manager section of the Hepsia Control Panel and for each one of them you’ll notice a tiny padlock symbol. Clicking it will show you the current security lock status. If the domain is locked and you would like to transfer it, you’ll just need to click once again and you’ll be all set. Locking a domain is just as easy and since the domains are managed in the very same location as the web hosting account itself, you will not need to sign in and out of different systems.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

If 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 ready with just a few clicks. All your domains will be shown in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the very same tool via which you will administer your hosting account. If a particular generic or country-code TLD supports the registrar lock feature, you will notice a padlock-like 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 for a second time. That’s all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or our company will need to do, so you can go ahead with the domain name transfer process straight away. The update will take effect instantaneously, so you will not have to wait for the status to change on WHOIS lookup sites.