Transferring an active domain entails switching the domain name registrar that provides the domain registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS updates through the new registrar company. The transfer process itself is standard with most generic and country-code domain extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and entail different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails a few basic procedures 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’s a standard feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain is locked, it won’t be possible to initiate a transfer process, so nobody can even try to snatch your domain. The domain lock can be removed only through the account where the domain name is registered in the first place and all new domain names that support this functionality are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Shared Website Hosting

Locking and unlocking a domain name registered through our company is extremely easy. This can be achieved through the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with our Linux shared website hosting, and will take exactly two clicks of the mouse. All your domain names will be shown in alphabetical order in the Registered Domains section of the Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the domain lock option, you will notice a padlock-like icon. Click on it once and you’ll see the domain name’s current status. Click for the second time and you’ll change its status. The change will take effect instantaneously without the need for you or for us to do anything else for the status to be ‘refreshed’ on WHOIS lookup sites, so you can initiate the transfer straight away.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you’ve registered a domain through us and you want to transfer it, you can easily unlock it via the very same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to manage your semi-dedicated server account. All domain registrations will be displayed alphabetically in your account and you’ll see a small padlock-like icon on the right side of each domain name there, on the condition that its generic or country-code extension supports the registrar lock feature. You can see if the domain name is locked or not by clicking on this icon and modify the current status by clicking on it once again. You can then continue and start the domain name transfer process straight away without needing to wait for the status to change on WHOIS lookup sites, as the update will propagate instantaneously without you or us having to do anything else.