Transferring an active domain name entails changing the domain name registrar that handles the domain name registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS entry modifications through the new registrar. The transfer process is standard with most generic and country-code domain extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain entails several basic steps and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a security feature, which is being embraced by more and more domain registry organizations. It’s a standard feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain name is locked, it will not be possible to start a transfer procedure, so no one can even try to register your domain. The domain lock can be removed only through the account where the domain name is registered in the first place and all new domains that support this functionality are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Website Hosting

Locking and unlocking a domain registered through us is amazingly easy. This can be accomplished through the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with our Linux cloud website hosting plans, and will require exactly two clicks of the mouse. All your domains will be displayed in alphabetical order in the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the domain lock option, you will notice a padlock-like logo. Click on it once and you’ll notice the domain name’s present status. Click again and you’ll alter its status. The update will propagate instantaneously without the need for you or for us to do anything else for the status to be ‘refreshed’ on WHOIS lookup websites, so you can initiate the transfer straight away.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you wish to transfer a domain from our company to another domain name registrar and you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you will be able to get the domain name ready with only a couple of clicks of the mouse. All your domains will be displayed in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the exact same tool via which you’ll manage your hosting account. If a particular gTLD or ccTLD supports the registrar lock option, you’ll see a padlock icon. You can see whether the domain name is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can change the status by clicking once again. That’s all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or our company will have to do, so you can proceed with the domain name transfer straight away. The update will take effect immediately, so you will not have to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup sites.