Transferring an active domain name entails switching the domain name registrar that handles the registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS entry updates through the new domain registrar. The transfer process itself is standard with most universal and country-specific Top-Level Domain extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and entail different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain name involves a few necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a security option, which is being adopted by more and more domain name registry organizations. It is a default feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain name is locked, it won’t be possible to start a transfer procedure, so nobody can even try to register your domain. The lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain name is registered and all new domains that support this option are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Shared Web Hosting

With a Linux shared web hosting from our company, you will exercise absolute command over your domain names through our in-house created Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You’ll be able to do anything you would like, including locking/unlocking any of the domains registered through us, on the condition that the particular domain extension supports this option. Clicking the padlock sign that you’ll notice next to any domain name registered in your Control Panel will show you its present status and clicking it for the second time will allow you to alter that status. In case you want to transfer a domain to another domain registrar, you can initiate the process without any delays. Since unlocking a domain through your Hepsia Control Panel will take effect momentarily, no propagation interval or any action on our end will be needed. Locking a domain name is just as easy – you’ll just have to go through the very same steps.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you’ve registered a domain through us and you want to transfer it, you can easily unlock it via the same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to administer your semi-dedicated server account. All registrations will be shown alphabetically in your account and you will see a mini padlock-like icon on the right side of each domain there, provided that its extension supports the registrar lock option. You can see if the domain is locked or not by clicking on this icon and modify the current status by clicking on it once again. You can then continue and start the transfer process straight away without the need to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup websites, as the change will propagate immediately without you or us having to do anything else.