Transferring an active domain name involves 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 resource record updates through the new registrar. The transfer process is standard with most universal and country-specific domain name extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and entail different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain entails several necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a safety option, which is being embraced by more and more domain registry organizations. It is a default feature supported by all generic Top-Level Domains. If a domain is locked, it will be impossible to initiate a transfer procedure, so nobody can even try to snatch your domain. The lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain name is registered and all new domains that support this functionality are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Website Hosting

With a Linux website hosting package from us, you will exert total command over your domain names through our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel. You’ll be able to do anything you would like, including locking & unlocking any of the domains registered here, provided that the specific domain extension supports this feature. Clicking on the padlock logo that you will find next to any domain name registered in your Hepsia Control Panel will show you its present status and clicking it for the second time will permit you to alter that status. In case you wish to transfer a domain name to another domain name registrar, you can initiate the process without any delays. Since unlocking a domain through your Hepsia Control Panel will take effect instantaneously, no propagation period or any action on our end will be needed. Locking a domain is just as easy – you will just have to go through the very same steps.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you have registered a domain through us and you want to transfer it away, you can quickly unlock it via the 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 notice a mini padlock icon next to each domain there, provided that its generic or country-code extension supports the registrar lock option. You can find out if the domain is locked or not by clicking on this icon and update the current status by clicking on it again. You can then continue and start the domain name transfer process right away without the need to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites, as the change will propagate momentarily without you or us having to do anything else.