Transferring an active domain involves switching the registrar company that handles the registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS updates through the new domain name registrar. The transfer procedure is standard with most generic and country-code TLD extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and entail different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain entails several necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a security option, which is being adopted by more and more registry organizations. It’s a standard feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain is locked, it will not be possible to start a transfer procedure, so nobody can even attempt to register your domain name. The domain lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain name is registered in the first place and all new domains that support this option are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Website Hosting

Locking and unlocking a domain name registered through us is very easy. This can be achieved through the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with our cloud website hosting, and will require exactly two mouse clicks. All your domains will be displayed alphabetically in the Domain Manager section of the Hepsia Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the registrar lock option, you will notice a padlock-like logo. Click on it once and you will see the domain’s current status. Click once again and you’ll alter its status. The update will take effect instantaneously without the need for you or for us to do anything else for the status to be ‘refreshed’ on WHOIS lookup websites, so you can proceed with the transfer procedure right away.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you have registered a domain name through us and you would like to transfer it away, you can easily unlock it through the very same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to administer your semi-dedicated server account. All domain name registrations will be listed in alphabetical order in your account and you will see a mini padlock-like icon on the right side of each domain there, on the condition that its extension supports the registrar lock option. You can see whether the domain name is locked or not by clicking on this icon and modify the present status by clicking on it once again. You can then go ahead and initiate the domain name transfer straight away without needing to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup sites, as the update will propagate momentarily without you or us having to do anything else.