Transferring an already registered domain entails changing the registrar company that handles the registration service, so after the transfer, you’ll have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS entry updates through the new domain registrar. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most generic and country-code domain name extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails a few basic steps and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a security option, which is being embraced by more and more domain name registry operators. It is a default feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain is locked, it won’t be possible to start a transfer procedure, 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 in the first place and all new domains that support this feature are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting

With a shared hosting service from us, you will have complete authority over your domains through our in-house developed Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You’ll be able to do anything you would like, including locking & unlocking any of the domains registered here, provided that the particular generic or country-code Top-Level Domain extension supports this option. Clicking on the padlock sign that you will find next to any domain name registered in your Hepsia Control Panel will show you its present status and clicking it once more will allow you to change that status. If you wish to transfer a domain name to another registrar, you can start the process without any delays. Since unlocking a domain name through your 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’ll just need to follow the very same steps.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you have registered a domain through us and you want to transfer it, you can easily unlock it via the exact same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to administer your semi-dedicated server account. All domain registrations will be shown alphabetically in your account and you will notice a small padlock icon next to each domain name there, as long as its extension supports the registrar lock option. You can find out whether the domain name is locked or not by clicking on this icon and alter the current status by clicking on it once again. You can then proceed and initiate the domain transfer right away without the need to wait for the status to change on WHOIS lookup sites, as the update will take effect instantly without you or us having to do anything else.