Transferring an active domain entails changing the registrar that provides the registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS modifications through the new registrar. The transfer process itself is standard with most universal and country-specific domain name extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and entail different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails a few basic steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a security option, which is being adopted by more and more domain name registry operators. It is a standard feature supported by all generic Top-Level Domains. If a domain name is locked, it won’t be possible to initiate a transfer process, so no one can even attempt to steal your domain. The domain lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain is registered in the first place and all new domains that support this option are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Web Hosting

If you buy a cloud web hosting service from our company, you will be able to manage all domains registered through us using our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you’ll be able to unlock any of them with only a couple of clicks of the mouse. All registrations will be listed in alphabetical order in the Domain Manager section of the Control Panel and for each one of them you’ll see a small padlock sign. Clicking on it will show you the present security lock status. If the domain is locked and you would like to transfer it away, you’ll just have to click once again and you’ll be all set. Locking a domain is just as easy and since the domain names are administered in the very same place as the web hosting account itself, you will not need to log in and out of different admin dashboards.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you’ve registered a domain name through our company and you would like to transfer it away, you can quickly unlock it via 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’ll notice a tiny padlock-like icon next to each domain name there, as long as its generic or country-code extension supports the registrar lock option. You can see if the domain is locked or not by clicking on this icon and change the present status by clicking on it again. You can then go ahead and start the domain name transfer procedure right away without needing to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup websites, as the update will take effect immediately without you or us having to do anything else.