Transferring an already registered domain name entails changing the domain registrar that provides the domain registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS record updates through the new domain name registrar. The transfer process itself is standard with most universal and country-specific top-level domain name extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails a few basic steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The domain lock is a security feature, which is being embraced by more and more domain registry operators. It is a standard feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain name is locked, it won’t be possible to start a transfer process, so no one can even attempt to snatch your domain name. The lock can be removed only through the account where the domain is registered in the first place and all new domains that support this option are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Website Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is included with each and every website hosting package that we offer, will grant you total command over your domain names. You’ll see all domains registered through us conveniently displayed in alphabetical order in a separate Control Panel section. Those whose extensions support the domain lock option will have a mini padlock icon next to them. By clicking on the icon, you can see if the particular domain name is locked or unlocked and you can change the current status by clicking once more – the process is as simple as that. You won’t need to wait for the change to propagate or for our company to do anything, as the change of the status takes effect instantly, even if you notice something else on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such websites to ‘refresh’ the details that they display.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you’d like to transfer a domain from our company to another registrar company and you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you will be able to get the domain name ready with just a couple of clicks. All your domain name registrations will be listed in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the exact same tool via which you will administer your web hosting account. If a specific gTLD or ccTLD supports the registrar lock feature, you will notice a padlock-like icon. You can find out if the domain is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can change the status by clicking once more. That’s all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or we will have to do, so you can proceed with the domain name transfer process right away. The update will take effect instantly, so you will not have to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup sites.