Transferring an existing domain name entails changing the company that provides the domain name 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 domain extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and entail different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails a few basic procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a safety feature, which is being embraced by more and more registry operators. It is a default feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain name is locked, it will be impossible to start a transfer procedure, so no one can even try to steal your domain name. The domain lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain name is registered and all new domain names that support this option are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Website Hosting

With a cloud website hosting plan from us, you will have total control over your domains through our custom-created Hepsia Control Panel. You will be able to do anything you’d like, including locking/unlocking any of the domains registered through us, as long as the particular generic or country-code top-level domain name extension supports this feature. Clicking the padlock sign that you will notice next to any domain registered in your Hepsia Control Panel will show you its present status and clicking it once again will enable you to alter that status. If you would like to transfer a domain name to another domain registrar, you can start the process immediately. Since unlocking a domain name through your Control Panel will take effect instantaneously, no propagation period or any action on our end will be required. Locking a domain name is just as easy – you will just need to go through the exact same steps.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you’ve registered a domain through our company and you would like to transfer it, you can easily unlock it through the very same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to administer your semi-dedicated server account. All domain name registrations will be listed alphabetically in your account and you will see a mini padlock icon on the right side of each domain name there, as long as its generic or country-code extension supports the registrar lock option. You can see whether the domain name is locked or not by clicking on this icon and change the present status by clicking on it once more. You can then go ahead and start the transfer right away without needing to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites, as the update will propagate momentarily without you or us having to do anything else.