Transferring an existing domain entails switching the domain registrar that handles the registration service, so after the transfer, you will have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS entry updates through the new registrar company. The transfer process itself is standard with most universal and country-specific TLD extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain involves several basic steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a security option, which is being embraced by more and more domain name registry operators. It’s a default feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain is locked, it will be impossible to initiate a transfer process, so nobody can even try to steal your domain name. The domain lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain is registered in the first place and all new domain names that support this option are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Web Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with each and every web hosting package that we offer, will grant you total authority over your domain names. You’ll find all domain names registered through us neatly listed in alphabetical order in a separate section of the Control Panel. Those whose extensions support the domain 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 change the present status by clicking once more – 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 immediately, even if you notice something different on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such sites to ‘refresh’ the information that they display.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you’ve registered a domain name through us and you’d like to transfer it away, you can easily unlock it through the very same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to manage your semi-dedicated server account. All registrations will be displayed in alphabetical order in your account and you’ll notice a mini padlock icon next to each domain there, on the condition that its extension supports the registrar lock feature. You can find out if the domain is locked or not by clicking on this icon and change the current status by clicking on it once more. You can then proceed and initiate the transfer right away without waiting for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites, as the change will propagate immediately without you or us having to do anything else.