Transferring an existing domain name involves changing the domain registrar that provides the registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS record updates through the new domain name registrar. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most universal and country-specific TLD extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails a few basic procedures 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 operators. It is a default feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain name is locked, it won’t be possible to start a transfer process, so nobody can even attempt to steal your domain name. The domain lock can be removed only through the account where the domain is registered and all new domain names that support this option are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Web Hosting

If you buy a web hosting plan from our company, you will be able to administer all domain names registered through us via our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you’ll be able to unlock any of them with just several clicks. All registrations will be displayed alphabetically in the Domain Manager section of the Control Panel and for each one of them you’ll notice a tiny padlock symbol. Clicking it will show you the present security lock status. If the domain name is locked and you would like to transfer it, you will just need to click once more and you’ll be all set. Locking a domain name is just as easy and since the domains are managed in the exact same location as the hosting account itself, you won’t need to sign in and out of different interfaces.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you have registered a domain through our company and you wish to transfer it, you can easily unlock it through the very same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to manage your semi-dedicated server account. All domain name registrations will be shown alphabetically in your account and you will see a mini padlock icon next to each domain name there, provided that its extension supports the registrar lock option. You can find out if the domain is locked or not by clicking on this icon and update the current status by clicking on it again. You can then proceed and initiate the domain transfer right away without having to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup websites, as the change will take effect immediately without you or us having to do anything else.