Transferring an active domain name entails switching the company 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 domain registrar. The transfer process is standard with most generic and country-code Top-Level Domain extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and entail different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain entails several necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a security option, which is being adopted by more and more registry operators. It’s a standard feature supported by all generic Top-Level Domains. If a domain name is locked, it will be impossible to start a transfer procedure, so no one can even try to steal your domain name. The domain lock can be removed only through the account where the domain is registered and all new domains that support this functionality are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Website Hosting

Locking and unlocking a domain name registered through us is extremely easy. This can be done through the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with our Linux website hosting packages, and will take exactly two mouse clicks. 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’ll see a padlock-like logo. Click on it once and you’ll see the current status of the domain name. Click once again and you’ll change its status. The update will propagate instantly without the need for you or for us to do anything else for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup websites, so you can continue with the transfer right away.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you’ve registered a domain through our company and you would like to transfer it away, you can easily unlock it via the same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to administer your semi-dedicated server account. All registrations will be listed alphabetically in your account and you will see a small padlock-like icon next to each domain there, on the condition that its extension supports the registrar lock feature. You can find out whether the domain is locked or not by clicking on this icon and update the current status by clicking on it once again. You can then go ahead and initiate the domain name transfer straight away without needing to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup websites, as the update will propagate immediately without you or us having to do anything else.