Transferring an already registered domain name involves changing the registrar that provides the registration service, so after the transfer, you will have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS resource record updates through the new domain registrar. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most generic and country-code TLD extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and entail different procedures, 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 option, which is being embraced by more and more domain registry operators. It is a default feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain name is locked, it will not be possible to initiate a transfer procedure, so nobody can even try to snatch your domain name. The lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain name is registered and all new domains that support this feature are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Shared Website Hosting

Locking and unlocking a domain name registered through us is remarkably easy. This can be accomplished through the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with our shared website hosting plans, and will take literally two clicks of the mouse. All your domains will be listed in alphabetical order in the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the registrar lock option, you’ll notice a padlock-like icon. Click on it once and you’ll see the domain’s current status. Click once more and you will alter its status. The change will propagate instantaneously without the need for you or for us to do anything else for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites, so you can go ahead with the transfer straight away.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you have registered a domain through us and you want to transfer it, you can quickly unlock it via the same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to administer your semi-dedicated server account. All domain name registrations will be displayed alphabetically in your account and you’ll notice a tiny padlock-like icon on the right side of each domain name there, as long as its extension supports the registrar lock feature. You can see if the domain name is locked or not by clicking on this icon and modify the current status by clicking on it once again. You can then go ahead and start the transfer procedure straight away without having to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup websites, as the update will propagate instantly without you or us having to do anything else.