Transferring an active domain name entails switching the registrar that provides the registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS entry updates through the new company. The transfer process itself 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 entails a few necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a safety feature, which is being embraced by more and more registry operators. It is a default feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain name is locked, it will be impossible to initiate a transfer procedure, so no one can even try to register your domain name. The lock can be removed only through the account where the domain is registered and all new domains that support this functionality are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is included with each and every hosting plan that we offer, will give you complete command over your domain names. You will see all domain names registered through our company conveniently 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 the icon, you can see if the particular domain is locked or unlocked and you can update the present status by clicking once again – the process is as simple as that. You will not need to wait for the update to propagate or for our company to do anything, as the status change takes effect instantaneously, even if you notice something different on WHOIS lookup websites. After all, it takes time for such sites to update the info that they display.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you have registered a domain name through us and you wish to transfer it away, you can quickly unlock it via the exact same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to administer your semi-dedicated server account. All registrations will be displayed in alphabetical order in your account and you’ll see a tiny padlock icon next to each domain name there, as long as its generic or country-code extension supports the registrar lock feature. You can find out whether the domain name is locked or not by clicking on this icon and update the current status by clicking on it once again. You can then continue and initiate the transfer process right away without waiting for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup websites, as the change will propagate momentarily without you or us having to do anything else.