Transferring an active domain involves changing the domain registrar that handles the registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS resource record modifications through the new registrar. The transfer procedure is standard with most universal and country-specific Top-Level Domain extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails several necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a security option, which is being embraced by more and more domain registry operators. It’s a standard feature supported by all generic Top-Level Domains. If a domain is locked, it will be impossible to initiate a transfer procedure, so nobody can even attempt to snatch your domain name. The domain lock can be removed only through the account where the domain name is registered in the first place and all new domains that support this feature are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Hosting

With a cloud hosting from our company, you will have total command over your domains through our custom-built Hepsia Control Panel. You will be able to do anything you’d like, including locking & unlocking any of the domains registered through our company, as long as the specific generic or country-code TLD extension supports this option. Clicking the padlock sign that you will see next to any domain registered in your Control Panel will show you its present status and clicking on it once again will permit you to change that status. If you wish to transfer a domain name to another domain registrar, you can initiate the procedure instantly. Since unlocking a domain through your Control Panel will take effect instantly, no propagation time or any action on our end will be required. Locking a domain is just as easy – you’ll just have to complete the exact same steps.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you have registered a domain name through us and you wish to transfer it away, you can easily unlock it via the same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to administer your semi-dedicated server account. All domain name registrations will be shown in alphabetical order in your account and you will notice a mini padlock icon next to each domain name there, as long as its extension supports the registrar lock option. You can find out if the domain is locked or not by clicking on this icon and update the current status by clicking on it again. You can then continue and start the transfer right away without having to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites, as the update will propagate momentarily without you or us having to do anything else.