Transferring an existing domain entails changing the domain registrar that handles the registration service, so after the transfer, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS resource record modifications through the new domain name registrar. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most universal and country-specific domain name extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and entail 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 security feature, which is being embraced by more and more domain registry organizations. It’s 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 attempt to take your domain name. The domain lock can be removed only through the account where the domain is registered and all new domain names that support this feature are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Shared Web Hosting

With a shared web hosting from us, you will have full authority over your domains 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 through us, on the condition that the particular Top-Level Domain extension supports this feature. Clicking the padlock icon that you’ll see next to any domain name registered in your Hepsia Control Panel will show you its present status and clicking on it once again will permit you to edit that status. In case you’d like to transfer a domain name to another registrar company, you can start the process immediately. Since unlocking a domain name through your Control Panel will take effect instantaneously, no propagation period or any action on our end will be required. Locking a domain name is just as easy – you will just need to follow the very same steps.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you have registered a domain name through our company and you would like to transfer it, you can quickly unlock it through the same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to administer your semi-dedicated server account. All domain name registrations will be shown in alphabetical order in your account and you’ll see a tiny padlock-like icon next to each domain there, provided that its extension supports the registrar lock option. You can find out whether the domain is locked or not by clicking on this icon and change the current status by clicking on it once again. You can then continue and initiate the transfer right away without having to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup sites, as the change will propagate instantaneously without you or us having to do anything else.