Transferring an active domain involves switching the registrar company that handles the domain 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 process itself is standard with most generic and country-code domain extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain entails a few basic steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a security feature, which is being embraced by more and more domain registry operators. It’s a standard feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain is locked, it will not be possible to initiate a transfer procedure, so no one can even attempt to take your domain. The lock can be removed only through the account where the domain name is registered and all new domains that support this functionality are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Website Hosting

If you order a cloud website hosting service from our company, you’ll be able to administer all domains registered through us via our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you’ll be able to unlock any of them with only a few clicks of the mouse. All registrations will be displayed alphabetically in the Domain Manager section of the hosting Control Panel and for each one of them you will notice a tiny padlock logo. Clicking on it will show you the present security lock status. If the domain name is locked and you wish to transfer it away, you’ll just have to click once more and you’ll be all set. Locking a domain is just as easy and since the domains are administered in the exact same location as the hosting account itself, you won’t have to sign in and out of different admin dashboards.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you have registered a domain name through our company and you wish to transfer it, you can easily unlock it through the very same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to administer your semi-dedicated server account. All domain registrations will be listed alphabetically in your account and you’ll see a tiny padlock-like icon next to each domain name there, provided that its generic or country-code extension supports the registrar lock feature. You can find out if the domain name is locked or not by clicking on this icon and change the present status by clicking on it again. You can then proceed and initiate the domain transfer process right away without needing to wait for the status to change on WHOIS lookup sites, as the change will propagate instantly without you or us having to do anything else.