Transferring an existing domain involves changing the domain registrar that handles the registration service, so after the transfer, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS updates through the new registrar. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most universal and country-specific domain extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain entails a few basic steps and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a safety option, which is being embraced by more and more registry operators. It is a default feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain name is locked, it will be impossible to start a transfer process, so nobody can even try to register your domain name. The domain lock can be removed only through the account where the domain name is registered in the first place and all new domain names that support this functionality are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Web Hosting

If you buy a Linux web hosting from our company, you will be able to administer all domains registered through us via our Hepsia Control Panel and you will be able to unlock any of them with only a couple of clicks of the mouse. All registrations will be shown in alphabetical order in the Domain Manager section of the hosting Control Panel and for each one of them you’ll notice a mini padlock icon. Clicking on it will show you the current security lock status. If the domain is locked and you’d like to transfer it away, you will just need to click once again and you’ll be all set. Locking a domain name is just as easy and since the domains are administered in the very same location as the web hosting account itself, you won’t need to sign in and out of different platforms.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you’ve registered a domain through our company and you want to transfer it away, you can easily unlock it through the very same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to manage your semi-dedicated server account. All domain name registrations will be listed alphabetically in your account and you’ll see a mini padlock icon next to each domain there, as long as its extension supports the registrar lock option. You can see if the domain name is locked or not by clicking on this icon and change the current status by clicking on it again. You can then continue and initiate the domain name transfer procedure right away without the need to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup sites, as the change will take effect momentarily without you or us having to do anything else.