Transferring an existing domain entails switching the registrar that handles the registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS resource record updates through the new domain registrar. The transfer process itself is standard with most Top-Level Domain extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails a few necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a safety option, which is being adopted by more and more registry operators. It’s a standard feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain name is locked, it will be impossible to start a transfer procedure, so no one can even attempt to take your domain name. The lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain name is registered and all new domain names that support this feature are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Hosting

If you order a cloud hosting from our company, you will be able to manage all domain names registered through us using our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you will be able to unlock any of them with only a couple of clicks. All registrations will be displayed alphabetically in the Domain Manager section of the Hepsia Control Panel and for each one of them you’ll notice a tiny padlock sign. Clicking it will show you the current security lock status. If the domain is locked and you would like to transfer it away, you’ll just have to click once more and you will be all set. Locking a domain name is just as easy and since the domain names are administered in the very same location as the web hosting account itself, you won’t need to sign in and out of different admin interfaces.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Locking or unlocking any domain registered through us is astonishingly easy and can be achieved 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 on their right. You can unlock any domain name by clicking on its icon and since the update will propagate instantaneously, you will be able to start the domain name transfer process without the need to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup sites. If you change your mind and choose not to transfer the domain away from our company, locking it once again will be just as easy and will not require more than a few clicks of the mouse in your Control Panel.