Transferring an existing domain involves switching the registrar company that provides the registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS record updates through the new registrar company. The transfer process is standard with most domain extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain involves a few necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a security feature, which is being embraced by more and more domain name registry organizations. It is a standard feature supported by all generic Top-Level Domains. If a domain name is locked, it will be impossible to start a transfer process, so nobody can even try to take your domain. The domain lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain is registered in the first place and all new domains that support this option are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with each and every shared hosting plan that we offer, will give you total command over your domains. You will see all domains registered through our company neatly displayed in alphabetical order in a separate section of the Control Panel. Those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a mini padlock icon on their right. By clicking on the icon, you can find out if the given domain is locked or unlocked and you can modify the current status by clicking again – the process is as straightforward as that. You won’t need to wait for the update to propagate or for our company to do anything, as the status change takes effect momentarily, even if you notice something else on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such websites to update the details that they show.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Locking or unlocking any domain registered through our company is amazingly easy and can be achieved through the Hepsia Control Panel – the one via which you administer your semi-dedicated server. You will find all your domain names in the Registered Domains section and the ones whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a padlock icon on their right. You can unlock any domain by clicking on its icon and since the update will take effect straight away, you’ll be able to initiate the domain transfer process without needing to wait for the registrar lock status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites. If you change your mind and opt not to transfer the domain away from us, locking it once again will be just as easy and will not require more than several mouse clicks in your hosting Control Panel.