Transferring an active domain name entails switching the registrar that provides the domain name registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS modifications through the new domain name registrar. The transfer process is standard with most universal and country-specific domain extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain name involves several basic steps and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a safety feature, which is being embraced by more and more domain name registry operators. It’s a standard feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain name 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 in the first place and all new domain names that support this option are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Web Hosting

Locking and unlocking a domain registered through us is remarkably easy. This can be achieved through the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with our Linux web hosting packages, and will require exactly two mouse clicks. All your domain names will be listed in alphabetical order in the Registered Domains section of the Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the registrar lock option, you’ll see a padlock-like symbol. Click on it once and you will see the domain name’s current status. Click again and you will alter its status. The update will propagate instantly without the need for you or for our company 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 would like to transfer a domain name from our company to another registrar and you have a semi-dedicated server account, you will be able to get the domain ready with only a few clicks. All your domains will be listed in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the very same tool via which you’ll administer your hosting account. If a particular gTLD or ccTLD supports the registrar lock feature, you’ll see a padlock icon. You can find out 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. That’s all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or our company will need to do, so you can initiate the domain name transfer straight away. The update will propagate momentarily, so you will not need to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup websites.