Transferring an already registered domain involves switching the domain registrar that handles the domain name registration service, so after the transfer, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS resource record updates through the new company. The transfer procedure is standard with most universal and country-specific Top-Level Domain extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain 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 name registry operators. It is a default feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain name is locked, it will be impossible to start a transfer procedure, so nobody can even try to steal your domain. The lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain name is registered in the first place and all new domain names that support this option are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Website Hosting

If you buy a cloud website hosting from our company, you will be able to manage all domain names registered through us using our Hepsia Control Panel and you will be able to unlock any of them with only a couple of clicks. All registrations will be displayed in alphabetical order in the Domain Manager section of the hosting Control Panel and for each one of them you’ll see a mini padlock logo. Clicking on it will show you the present security lock status. If the domain is locked and you wish to transfer it away, you’ll just need to click once again and that’s it. Locking a domain is just as easy and since the domain names are managed in the same location as the hosting account itself, you will not need to sign in and out of different interfaces.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you have registered a domain through us and you’d like to transfer it away, you can quickly unlock it via the same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to manage your semi-dedicated server account. All registrations will be listed alphabetically in your account and you will notice a mini padlock-like icon next to each domain there, as long as 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 present status by clicking on it once more. You can then proceed and initiate the domain transfer procedure straight away without having to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup websites, as the update will propagate immediately without you or us having to do anything else.