Transferring an existing domain entails changing the domain registrar that provides the domain name registration service, so after the transfer, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS entry modifications through the new company. The transfer procedure is standard with most universal and country-specific domain extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain name involves several necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The domain lock is a security feature, which is being adopted by more and more domain registry organizations. It is a default feature supported by all generic Top-Level Domains. If a domain is locked, it won’t be possible to initiate a transfer process, so nobody can even attempt to take your domain. The lock can be removed only through the account where the domain is registered and all new domain names that support this functionality are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every shared hosting package that we offer, will give you complete control over your domain names. You’ll find all domain names registered through us conveniently displayed in alphabetical order in a separate Control Panel section. Those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a mini padlock icon next to them. By clicking on the icon, you can see if the specific domain is locked or unlocked and you can alter the present status by clicking again – the procedure 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 status change takes effect instantaneously, even if you notice something different on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such websites to ‘refresh’ the info that they show.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

Locking or unlocking any domain registered through our company is astonishingly easy and can be done through the Hepsia Control Panel – the one via which you manage your semi-dedicated server. You’ll find all your domain names in the Registered Domains section and the ones whose extensions support the registrar lock feature will have a padlock-like icon next to them. You can unlock any domain name by clicking on its icon and since the change will propagate instantaneously, you will be able to continue with the transfer process without the need to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup websites. If you change your mind and decide not to transfer the domain name away from us, locking it once again will be just as easy and will not require more than a few clicks of the mouse in your hosting Control Panel.