Transferring an existing domain name entails switching the domain registrar that provides the registration service, so after the transfer, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS entry modifications through the new domain name registrar. The transfer process is standard with most TLD extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and entail different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails several necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a security option, which is being adopted by more and more domain registry operators. It is a standard feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain is locked, it will be impossible to start a transfer procedure, so nobody can even attempt to steal your domain name. The lock can be removed only through the account where the domain is registered and all new domains that support this feature are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Shared Web Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every shared web hosting package that we offer, will give you complete control over your domains. You will see all domains registered through our company conveniently displayed in alphabetical order in a separate Control Panel section. Those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a tiny padlock icon next to them. By clicking the icon, you can find out if the particular domain name is locked or unlocked and you can modify the present status by clicking again – the procedure is as straightforward as that. You won’t have to wait for the update to take effect or for our company to do anything, as the status change takes effect momentarily, even if you see something else on WHOIS lookup websites. After all, it takes time for such websites to update the details that they show.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you have registered a domain through our company and you’d like to transfer it away, you can quickly unlock it through the very same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to administer your semi-dedicated server account. All registrations will be listed in alphabetical order in your account and you’ll see a tiny padlock-like icon on the right side of each domain name there, on the condition that its generic or country-code extension supports the registrar lock feature. You can find out if the domain name is locked or not by clicking on this icon and change the current status by clicking on it again. You can then proceed and initiate the domain transfer process straight away without the need to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup websites, as the change will propagate instantaneously without you or us having to do anything else.