Transferring an existing domain involves switching the company that provides the registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS resource record modifications through the new registrar company. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most top-level domain name 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 steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a security option, which is being embraced by more and more registry organizations. It is a default feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain is locked, it will not be possible to start a transfer procedure, so nobody can even try to register your domain name. The domain lock can be annulled 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

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every shared hosting plan that we offer, will grant you full control over your domains. You’ll find all domain names registered through us neatly listed in alphabetical order in a separate section of the Control Panel. Those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a mini padlock icon next to them. By clicking the icon, you can find out if the particular domain name is locked or unlocked and you can update the current status by clicking once more – the process is as simple as that. You won’t have to wait for the update to propagate or for our company to do anything, as the status change takes effect instantly, even if you see something different on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such websites to update the info that they show.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Locking or unlocking any domain name registered through us is unbelievably easy and can be done through the Hepsia Control Panel – the one via which you administer your semi-dedicated server. You will see all your domain names in the Registered Domains section and the ones whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a padlock-like icon next to them. You can unlock any domain by clicking on its icon and since the update will propagate immediately, you’ll be able to go ahead with the transfer process without needing to wait for the lock status to be changed on WHOIS lookup websites. If you change your mind and choose not to transfer the domain away from us, locking it again will be just as easy and will not take more than a few clicks of the mouse in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel.