Transferring an active domain entails changing the domain registrar that provides the domain name registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS modifications through the new domain registrar. The transfer procedure is standard with most universal and country-specific top-level domain name extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain involves several basic steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a security feature, which is being adopted by more and more registry organizations. It is a default feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain is locked, it will be impossible to start a transfer process, so nobody can even attempt to snatch 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 functionality are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is included with each and every hosting package that we offer, will give you absolute control over your domain names. You will see all domains registered through us neatly listed in alphabetical order in a separate Control Panel section. Those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a tiny padlock icon next to them. By clicking on the icon, you can find out if the specific domain is locked or unlocked and you can change the current status by clicking once again – the process is as simple as that. You will not have to wait for the update to take effect or for our company to do anything, as the status change takes effect immediately, even if you see something different on WHOIS lookup websites. After all, it takes time for such sites to update the info that they display.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you would like to transfer a domain name from our company to another registrar and you have a semi-dedicated server account, you will be able to get the domain ready with only several 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’ll manage your web hosting account. If a specific gTLD or ccTLD supports the registrar lock feature, you’ll notice a padlock icon. You can find out if the domain name is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can update the status by clicking once more. This is all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or we will need to do, so you can go ahead with the domain name transfer procedure right away. The change will take effect instantly, so you won’t need to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup sites.