Transferring an active domain involves changing the domain registrar that handles 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 domain registrar. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most Top-Level Domain extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and entail different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails a few necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The domain lock is a safety feature, which is being embraced by more and more domain name registry operators. It is a default feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain is locked, it will not be possible to initiate a transfer procedure, so nobody can even try to steal your domain. The domain lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain name is registered and all new domain names that support this feature are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is included with each and every cloud hosting plan that we offer, will grant you complete authority 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 domain lock option will have a tiny padlock icon next to them. By clicking the icon, you can find out if the specific domain is locked or unlocked and you can modify the present status by clicking again – the process is as simple as that. You won’t have to wait for the change to propagate or for our company to do anything, as the change of the status takes effect instantly, even if you see something different on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such sites to update the details that they display.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you’ve registered a domain through our company and you would like to transfer it away, you can easily unlock it via the exact same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to administer your semi-dedicated server account. All domain registrations will be shown alphabetically in your account and you’ll see a small padlock-like icon on the right side of each domain name there, provided that its generic or country-code extension supports the registrar lock feature. You can find out if the domain is locked or not by clicking on this icon and modify the current status by clicking on it again. You can then go ahead and start the domain transfer process right away without waiting for the status to change on WHOIS lookup sites, as the update will take effect instantaneously without you or us having to do anything else.