Transferring an existing domain name involves switching the domain name registrar that handles the registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS updates through the new company. The transfer procedure is standard with most generic and country-code domain name extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and entail different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain name involves several basic procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a safety feature, which is being embraced by more and more registry organizations. It is a standard feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain name is locked, it won’t be possible to initiate a transfer process, so no one can even attempt to take your domain. The 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

If you get a cloud hosting plan from our company, you’ll be able to manage all domain names registered through us using our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you’ll 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 Control Panel and for each one of them you’ll notice a small padlock symbol. Clicking it will show you the present security lock status. If the domain is locked and you’d like to transfer it, you’ll just need to click once more and that’s it. Locking a domain is just as easy and since the domain names are managed in the exact same location as the web hosting account itself, you won’t need to sign in and out of different Control Panels.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you have registered a domain name through our company and you would like to transfer it, you can easily unlock it via the exact same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to administer your semi-dedicated server account. All registrations will be listed alphabetically in your account and you will see a tiny padlock icon next to each domain name there, provided that its extension supports the registrar lock feature. You can see whether the domain name is locked or not by clicking on this icon and alter the current status by clicking on it again. You can then proceed and initiate the domain transfer procedure straight away without having to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup websites, as the update will take effect instantaneously without you or us having to do anything else.