Transferring an already registered domain name entails switching the domain registrar that provides the domain registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS modifications through the new company. The transfer process is standard with most generic and country-code top-level domain name extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain entails several necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The domain lock is a safety option, which is being adopted by more and more domain registry operators. It is a default feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain is locked, it will not be possible to start a transfer procedure, so no one can even try to steal your domain. The lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain is registered in the first place and all new domains that support this functionality are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Hosting

With a cloud plan from our company, you’ll exercise absolute command over your domain names through our custom-built Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You’ll be able to do anything you would like, including locking/unlocking any of the domain names registered through our company, on the condition that the specific domain extension supports this option. Clicking the padlock symbol that you’ll notice next to any domain name registered in your Hepsia Control Panel will show you its current status and clicking it for the second time will enable you to edit that status. If you wish to transfer a domain to another domain name registrar, you can start the process immediately. Since unlocking a domain name through your Hepsia Control Panel will take effect instantly, no propagation period or any action on our end will be needed. Locking a domain is just as easy – you will just need to go through the very same steps.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you’d like to transfer a domain name from our company to another registrar and you have a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to get the domain ready with only a couple of clicks of the mouse. All your domain name registrations will be shown in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the exact same tool via which you’ll administer your hosting account. If a particular generic or country-code TLD supports the registrar lock option, you will notice a padlock icon. You can see if the domain name is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can alter the status by clicking for a second time. This is all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or our company will have to do, so you can go ahead with the transfer process straight away. The change will propagate instantly, so you will not need to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup websites.