Transferring an already registered domain name involves switching the domain name registrar that provides the domain registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS resource record updates through the new registrar. The transfer process is standard with most TLD extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and entail different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails several necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The domain lock is a safety option, which is being embraced by more and more domain name registry organizations. It’s a default feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain is locked, it will be impossible to start a transfer procedure, so no one can even attempt to register your domain. The domain lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain name is registered in the first place and all new domain names that support this option are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Hosting

Locking and unlocking a domain registered through our company is amazingly easy. This can be done through the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with our cloud hosting plans, and will require literally two mouse clicks. All your domains will be listed in alphabetical order in the Domain Manager section of the Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the domain lock option, you will notice a padlock-like sign. Click on it once and you’ll see the current status of the domain. Click once more and you’ll alter its status. The update will take effect instantly without the need for you or for us to do anything else for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup websites, so you can go ahead with the transfer procedure right away.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you wish to transfer a domain name from our company to another registrar and you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you will be able to get the domain name ready with just a couple of mouse clicks. All your domain name registrations will be shown in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the exact same tool via which you will manage your web hosting account. If a given generic or country-code TLD supports the registrar lock feature, you will see a padlock icon. You can see if the domain is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can modify the status by clicking once more. This is all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or our company will have to do, so you can initiate the domain name transfer straight away. The change will propagate immediately, so you won’t need to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites.