Transferring an active domain entails switching the company that provides the domain name registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS record updates through the new registrar. The transfer procedure is standard with most domain name extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and entail different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails a few necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The domain lock is a security feature, which is being embraced by more and more domain registry organizations. It is a standard feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain is locked, it will not be possible to start a transfer process, so nobody can even try to register your domain. The domain lock can be removed only through the account where the domain is registered in the first place and all new domains that support this functionality are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Website Hosting

Locking and unlocking a domain name registered through us is incredibly easy. This can be accomplished through the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with our Linux website hosting, and will require exactly two clicks of the mouse. All your domains will be shown in alphabetical order in the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the domain lock option, you’ll notice a padlock-like icon. Click on it once and you’ll notice the present status of the domain name. Click once more and you’ll alter its status. The change will propagate momentarily 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 continue with the transfer right away.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you have registered a domain name through us and you wish to transfer it, 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 shown alphabetically in your account and you will see a tiny padlock icon next to each domain there, provided that its generic or country-code extension supports the registrar lock feature. You can find out if the domain is locked or not by clicking on this icon and update the present status by clicking on it once again. You can then proceed and start the domain transfer process straight away without waiting for the status to change on WHOIS lookup sites, as the update will propagate immediately without you or us having to do anything else.