Transferring an active domain entails switching the company that provides the domain registration service, so after the transfer, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS resource record updates through the new domain registrar. The transfer process is standard with most gTLD and ccTLD extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails several necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The domain lock is a security feature, which is being embraced by more and more registry operators. It is a standard feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain name is locked, it will not be possible to start a transfer procedure, so nobody can even attempt to take your domain name. The lock can be removed only through the account where the domain is registered in the first place and all new domain names that support this functionality are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with each and every hosting package that we offer, will grant you full command over your domains. You will find all domains registered through our company neatly displayed in alphabetical order in a separate Control Panel section. Those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a small padlock icon on their right. By clicking the icon, you can see if the specific domain name is locked or unlocked and you can update the present status by clicking again – the procedure is as straightforward as that. You will not have to wait for the change to propagate or for our company to do anything, as the status change takes effect instantly, even if you see something different on WHOIS lookup websites. After all, it takes time for such websites to ‘refresh’ the details that they display.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Locking or unlocking any domain registered through our company is amazingly easy and can be achieved through the Hepsia Control Panel – the one via which you manage your semi-dedicated server. You will find all your domains in the Domain Manager section and those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a padlock-like icon on their right. You can unlock any domain by clicking on its icon and since the change will propagate instantly, you’ll be able to start the transfer without waiting for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup websites. If you reconsider your decision and decide not to transfer the domain away from our company, locking it again will be just as simple and will not take more than a couple of clicks in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel.