Transferring an existing domain name involves changing the company that provides the domain name registration service, so after the transfer, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS record modifications through the new company. The transfer process itself is standard with most gTLD and ccTLD extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain involves a few basic procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain name. 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 gTLDs. If a domain name is locked, it will be impossible to start a transfer process, so nobody can even attempt to take your domain. The lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain is registered and all new domain names that support this feature are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Website Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is included with each and every cloud website hosting plan that we offer, will give you complete authority over your domains. You’ll find all domain names registered through our company neatly displayed in alphabetical order in a separate Control Panel section. Those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a mini padlock icon next to them. 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 once more – the procedure is as straightforward as that. You will not need to wait for the change to propagate or for our company to do anything, as the status change takes effect instantly, even if you see something different on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such sites to update the info that they show.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

Managing your domain names with us is unbelievably easy and the registrar lock option is not an exception. In case you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to manage the domains registered through our company using the same Control Panel via which you will manage your hosting account. For your convenience’s sake, the domain names will be listed in alphabetical order and on the right you’ll notice a padlock-like icon in case the particular domain name supports the registrar lock feature. If you click the icon, you’ll find out if the particular domain name is locked or not and you’ll be able to change this status by clicking once again. The status will change right away and you will be able to initiate the transfer procedure without needing to wait for the update to be displayed on WHOIS lookup websites or for us to do anything on our end.