Transferring an active domain involves switching the domain name registrar that handles the domain registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS record modifications through the new company. The transfer procedure is standard with most generic and country-code Top-Level Domain extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and entail different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails several basic procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The domain lock is a security feature, which is being adopted by more and more domain name registry organizations. It is a default feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain name is locked, it won’t be possible to start a transfer process, so nobody can even attempt to take your domain name. The domain lock can be removed only through the account where the domain name is registered and all new domain names that support this functionality are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting

If you order a Linux shared hosting from our company, you will be able to administer all domain names registered through us using our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you will be able to unlock any of them with only a few mouse clicks. All registrations will be listed in alphabetical order in the Domain Manager section of the Hepsia Control Panel and for each one of them you’ll notice a tiny padlock logo. Clicking on it will show you the present security lock status. If the domain is locked and you want to transfer it away, you’ll just need to click once again and that’s it. Locking a domain name is just as easy and since the domains are administered in the very same place as the web hosting account itself, you won’t need to sign in and out of different tools.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you’ve registered a domain name through us 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 domain registrations will be listed in alphabetical order in your account and you will notice a mini 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 find out whether the domain is locked or not by clicking on this icon and alter the present status by clicking on it again. You can then continue and initiate the domain transfer straight away without waiting for the status to change on WHOIS lookup sites, as the update will propagate momentarily without you or us having to do anything else.