Transferring an existing domain involves changing the domain registrar that handles the registration service, so after the transfer, you’ll have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS record modifications through the new domain registrar. The transfer process is standard with most Top-Level Domain 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 procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The domain lock is a safety feature, which is being adopted by more and more domain registry organizations. It’s a standard feature supported by all generic Top-Level Domains. If a domain is locked, it will be impossible to start a transfer process, so nobody can even attempt to steal your domain name. The lock can be annulled 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 Web Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with each and every web hosting package that we offer, will give you complete authority over your domain names. You’ll find all domains registered through our company neatly listed in alphabetical order in a separate Control Panel section. Those whose extensions support the domain lock option will have a mini padlock icon on their right. By clicking the icon, you can find out if the specific domain is locked or unlocked and you can change the present status by clicking once more – the process is as simple as that. You won’t need to wait for the update to propagate or for our company to do anything, as the change of the status takes effect immediately, even if you see something different on WHOIS lookup websites. After all, it takes time for such websites to ‘refresh’ the details that they show.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Locking or unlocking any domain name registered through us is extremely easy and can be achieved through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel – the one via which you administer your semi-dedicated server. You will see all your domains in the Registered Domains 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 take effect instantaneously, you will be able to initiate the domain name transfer process without needing to wait for the lock status to change on WHOIS lookup sites. If you reconsider your decision and decide not to transfer the domain name away from us, locking it once again will be just as easy and will not take more than a few clicks of the mouse in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel.