Transferring an active domain entails switching the registrar company that provides the domain registration service, so after the transfer, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS updates through the new domain registrar. The transfer process itself is standard with most generic and country-code domain extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and entail different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain entails several basic procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a security option, which is being embraced by more and more registry organizations. It is a standard feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain name is locked, it will not be possible to initiate a transfer procedure, so no one can even attempt to register your domain name. The lock can be removed only through the account where the domain is registered and all new domain names that support this option are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Website Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with each and every cloud website hosting plan that we offer, will give you full authority over your domains. You’ll see all domains registered through our company conveniently listed in alphabetical order in a separate Control Panel section. Those whose extensions support the domain lock option will have a mini padlock icon on their right. By clicking the icon, you can find out if the given domain name is locked or unlocked and you can modify the current status by clicking once again – the procedure is as straightforward as that. You will not need to wait for the change to propagate or for our company to do anything, as the status change takes effect immediately, even if you notice something different on WHOIS lookup websites. After all, it takes time for such sites to update the details that they show.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you have registered a domain name through our company and you would like to transfer it, you can easily unlock it through the same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to administer your semi-dedicated server account. All registrations will be shown in alphabetical order in your account and you will see a tiny padlock-like icon next to each domain name there, provided that its generic or country-code extension supports the registrar lock feature. You can see if the domain is locked or not by clicking on this icon and alter the current status by clicking on it once more. You can then proceed and start the domain transfer right away without waiting for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup sites, as the update will propagate instantly without you or us having to do anything else.