Transferring an existing domain name involves switching the registrar company that provides the registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS modifications through the new company. The transfer process itself is standard with most TLD extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and entail different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name involves a few necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a safety feature, which is being embraced by more and more domain registry organizations. It is a default feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain is locked, it will not be possible to start a transfer process, so no one can even attempt to steal your domain. The domain lock can be removed only through the account where the domain is registered and all new domains that support this option are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Hosting

With a Linux cloud hosting package from us, you’ll exert full control over your domain names through our in-house created Hepsia Control Panel. You’ll be able to do anything you would like, including locking and unlocking any of the domain names registered through our company, as long as the specific generic or country-code TLD extension supports this option. Clicking on the padlock logo that you will notice next to any domain registered in your Hepsia Control Panel will show you its present status and clicking on it once more will enable you to modify that status. If you would like to transfer a domain to another domain registrar, you can initiate the procedure momentarily. Since unlocking a domain through your Control Panel will take effect instantaneously, no propagation period or any action on our end will be needed. Locking a domain name is just as easy – you’ll just have to follow the exact same steps.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Managing your domains with us is very easy and the registrar lock feature is not an exception. If you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to administer the domain names registered through us using the exact same Control Panel via which you’ll manage your web hosting account. For your convenience, the domains will be shown in alphabetical order and on the right-hand side you’ll notice a padlock icon if the given domain supports the registrar lock option. If you click on the icon, you’ll find out if the specific domain name is locked or not and you will be able to alter this status by clicking once again. The status will be changed right away and you’ll be able to initiate the transfer procedure without having to wait for the change to be displayed on WHOIS lookup websites or for our company to do anything on our end.