Transferring an active domain name entails changing the company that provides the registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS resource record modifications through the new domain registrar. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most generic and country-code domain name extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and entail different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails a few necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a safety feature, which is being adopted by more and more registry operators. It’s a default feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain name is locked, it won’t be possible to initiate a transfer procedure, so no one can even try to register your domain. The lock can be removed only through the account where the domain is registered in the first place and all new domain names that support this functionality are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Shared Web Hosting

If you buy a Linux shared web hosting package from our company, you’ll be able to manage all domains registered through us using our Hepsia Control Panel and you’ll be able to unlock any of them with only a couple of clicks of the mouse. All registrations will be listed alphabetically in the Domain Manager section of the Control Panel and for each one of them you will see a tiny padlock icon. Clicking it will show you the current security lock status. If the domain name is locked and you wish to transfer it, you will just have to click once more and that’s it. Locking a domain name is just as easy and since the domain names are administered in the exact same location as the web hosting account itself, you won’t have to log in and out of different interfaces.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Locking or unlocking any domain name registered through us is exceptionally easy and can be done through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel – the one via which you administer your semi-dedicated server. You will see all your domain names in the Domain Manager section and the ones whose extensions support the registrar lock feature will have a padlock-like icon next to them. You can unlock any domain name by clicking on its icon and since the change will take effect instantly, you will be able to start the domain transfer process without the need to wait for the registrar lock status to change on WHOIS sites. If you change your mind and decide not to transfer the domain name away from our company, locking it again will be just as simple and will not require more than several clicks in your Control Panel.