Transferring an already registered domain name involves switching the company that provides the registration service, so after the transfer, you will have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS modifications through the new company. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most generic and country-code top-level domain name extensions. Certain 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 lock is a safety feature, which is being embraced by more and more domain registry operators. It’s a default feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain is locked, it won’t be possible to initiate a transfer procedure, so no one can even attempt to steal your domain. The domain lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain name is registered in the first place and all new domain names that support this feature are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Hosting

With a cloud hosting from our company, you will exert total control over your domains through our custom-developed Hepsia Control Panel. You’ll be able to do anything you’d like, including locking/unlocking any of the domains registered through our company, provided that the particular domain name extension supports this option. Clicking the padlock logo that you will find next to any domain name registered in your Hepsia Control Panel will show you its present status and clicking it for the second time will enable you to change that status. If you would like to transfer a domain name to another registrar, you can start the procedure instantaneously. Since unlocking a domain through your Control Panel will take effect immediately, no propagation period or any action on our end will be needed. Locking a domain name is just as easy – you will just need to follow the very same steps.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you’ve registered a domain through our company and you wish to transfer it, you can easily unlock it through the exact same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to administer your semi-dedicated server account. All registrations will be displayed in alphabetical order in your account and you will notice a mini padlock icon next to each domain name there, on the condition that its generic or country-code extension supports the registrar lock option. You can find out whether the domain is locked or not by clicking on this icon and modify the present status by clicking on it again. You can then proceed and initiate the transfer procedure straight away without having to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup sites, as the change will take effect momentarily without you or us having to do anything else.