Transferring an existing domain name involves switching the registrar company that handles the registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS resource record updates through the new domain name registrar. The transfer process is standard with most universal and country-specific Top-Level Domain extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails a few necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a security feature, which is being adopted by more and more registry operators. It is a default feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain is locked, it won’t be possible to start a transfer procedure, so no one can even attempt to take your domain. The domain lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain name is registered in the first place and all new domain names that support this option are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Web Hosting

With a Linux web hosting package from our company, you will exercise complete control over your domain names through our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel. You’ll be able to do anything you would like, including locking/unlocking any of the domain names registered through us, provided that the particular generic or country-code domain name extension supports this feature. Clicking on the padlock sign that you’ll notice next to any domain name registered in your Hepsia Control Panel will show you its current status and clicking it once again will enable you to alter that status. If you would like to transfer a domain name to another registrar, you can start the process immediately. Since unlocking a domain name through your Hepsia Control Panel will take effect momentarily, no propagation period or any action on our end will be required. Locking a domain is just as easy – you’ll just have to go through the very same steps.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

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 manage your semi-dedicated server. You will find all your domain names in the Domain Manager section and those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a padlock-like icon next to them. You can unlock any domain name by clicking on its icon and since the change will take effect instantaneously, you’ll be able to start the domain name transfer procedure without the need to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites. If you change your mind and opt not to transfer the domain away from our company, locking it once again will be just as simple and will not require more than several mouse clicks in your hosting Control Panel.