Transferring an existing domain involves changing the registrar company that handles the registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS updates through the new company. The transfer process itself is standard with most Top-Level Domain 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 procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a safety option, which is being embraced by more and more domain name registry operators. It’s a standard feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain is locked, it won’t be possible to initiate a transfer procedure, so no one can even attempt 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 option are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every shared hosting plan that we offer, will give you total control over your domains. You will see all domains registered through us neatly listed in alphabetical order in a separate Control Panel section. Those whose extensions support the domain lock option will have a mini padlock icon on their right. By clicking on the icon, you can see if the particular domain is locked or unlocked and you can modify the current status by clicking once again – the process is as straightforward as that. You will not need to wait for the change to take effect or for our company to do anything, as the change of the status takes effect instantly, even if you see something else on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such websites to update the info that they show.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you’ve registered a domain through us and you wish to transfer it, you can quickly unlock it via the exact same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to manage your semi-dedicated server account. All domain name registrations will be displayed in alphabetical order in your account and you’ll notice a mini padlock-like icon next to each domain name there, as long as its generic or country-code extension supports the registrar lock option. You can see if the domain name is locked or not by clicking on this icon and alter the present status by clicking on it again. You can then go ahead and start the transfer process right away without the need to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites, as the change will propagate instantaneously without you or us having to do anything else.