Transferring an already registered domain name involves changing the company that handles the registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS resource record updates through the new domain name registrar. The transfer procedure is standard with most generic and country-code domain extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain name involves several necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The domain lock is a safety option, which is being adopted by more and more domain registry operators. It is a standard feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain is locked, it won’t be possible to initiate a transfer procedure, so no one can even try to take your domain. The lock can be removed only through the account where the domain name is registered and all new domain names that support this functionality are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Web Hosting

With a Linux web hosting package from our company, you’ll exert full command over your domains through our in-house created Hepsia Control Panel. You’ll be able to do anything you would like, including locking & unlocking any of the domains registered through our company, provided that the specific generic or country-code domain name extension supports this option. Clicking the padlock icon that you will notice next to any domain registered in your Control Panel will show you its present status and clicking it for the second time will allow you to modify that status. If you wish to transfer a domain name to another registrar, you can start the procedure instantly. Since unlocking a domain through your Hepsia Control Panel will take effect instantly, no propagation interval or any action on our end will be needed. Locking a domain name is just as easy – you will just need to go through the very same steps.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Administering your domain names with us is truly easy and the registrar lock option makes no exception. If you have a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to manage the domain names registered through our company using the exact same Control Panel via which you will administer your hosting account. For the sake of convenience, the domain names will be displayed in alphabetical order and on the right you will notice a padlock-like icon in case the particular domain name supports the registrar lock option. If you click the icon, you will see if the specific domain is locked or not and you’ll be able to alter this status by clicking again. The status will be changed momentarily and you will be able to start the domain transfer process without needing to wait for the change to be shown on WHOIS lookup sites or for our company to do anything on our end.