Transferring an existing domain entails switching the domain name registrar that provides the domain registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS record updates through the new domain registrar. The transfer process itself is standard with most generic and country-code domain name extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain entails several basic procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a security feature, which is being embraced by more and more domain name registry operators. It’s a standard feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain is locked, it won’t be possible to initiate a transfer process, so nobody can even attempt to snatch your domain. The lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain is registered and all new domain names that support this option are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Web Hosting

If you buy a web hosting service from our company, you’ll be able to manage all domain names registered through us using our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you will be able to unlock any of them with just a few clicks. All registrations will be displayed alphabetically in the Domain Manager section of the Control Panel and for each one of them you’ll see a small padlock sign. Clicking it will show you the present security lock status. If the domain name is locked and you want to transfer it away, you will just have to click once again and you’ll be all set. Locking a domain name is just as easy and since the domains are administered in the very same location as the web hosting account itself, you will not need to log in and out of different systems.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you’d like to transfer a domain from our company to another domain name registrar and you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to get the domain name ready with just a few clicks of the mouse. All your domain name registrations will be displayed in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the very same tool via which you will manage your hosting account. If a given generic or country-code TLD supports the registrar lock option, you’ll see a padlock-like icon. You can see whether the domain is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can change the status by clicking for a second time. That’s all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or we will need to do, so you can go ahead with the domain name transfer right away. The change will propagate instantly, so you will not need to wait for the status to change on WHOIS lookup sites.