Transferring an existing domain name entails changing the company that handles the domain registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS modifications through the new company. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most universal and country-specific TLD extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain involves several basic steps and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a security option, which is being adopted by more and more domain name registry organizations. It is a standard feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain name is locked, it won’t be possible to initiate a transfer procedure, so nobody can even attempt to steal your domain. The domain lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain name 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 Cloud Web Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is included with each and every cloud web hosting plan that we offer, will grant you total command over your domain names. You will find all domain names registered through us conveniently listed in alphabetical order in a separate section of the Control Panel. Those whose extensions support the domain lock option will have a tiny padlock icon on their right. By clicking the icon, you can find out if the particular domain name is locked or unlocked and you can modify the current status by clicking once again – the process is as simple 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 instantaneously, even if you notice something else on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such websites to update the information that they display.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you’ve registered a domain name through us and you would like to transfer it away, you can easily unlock it via the exact same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to manage your semi-dedicated server account. All domain registrations will be displayed in alphabetical order in your account and you will notice a mini padlock icon next to each domain there, on the condition that its generic or country-code extension supports the registrar lock option. You can find out whether the domain name is locked or not by clicking on this icon and change the present status by clicking on it once again. You can then continue and initiate the domain transfer procedure right away without waiting for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites, as the change will take effect momentarily without you or us having to do anything else.