Transferring an existing domain name entails changing 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 entry modifications through the new registrar. The transfer process is standard with most universal and country-specific domain name extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and entail different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain entails several necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The domain lock is a safety feature, which is being embraced by more and more domain name registry organizations. It is a standard feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain is locked, it won’t be possible to initiate a transfer process, so no one can even attempt to take your domain. The lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain name is registered and all new domain names that support this option are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Shared Web Hosting

If you buy a shared web hosting plan from our company, you will be able to manage all domains registered through us via 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 in alphabetical order in the Domain Manager section of the hosting Control Panel and for each one of them you’ll see a small padlock logo. Clicking on it will show you the current security lock status. If the domain name is locked and you want to transfer it, you’ll just have to click for the second time and you’ll be all set. Locking a domain name is just as easy and since the domain names are managed in the same place as the hosting account itself, you will not have to log in and out of different platforms.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you’d like to transfer a domain from our company to another registrar company and you have a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to get the domain name ready with just several clicks. All your domains will be shown in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the same tool via which you will administer your web hosting account. If a particular generic or country-code TLD supports the registrar lock feature, you will see a padlock icon. You can see whether the domain name is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can alter the status by clicking for a second time. This is all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or we will have to do, so you can proceed with the domain name transfer procedure right away. The change will propagate instantly, so you will not have to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup websites.