Transferring an active domain name entails switching the registrar company that handles the domain name registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS record updates through the new company. The transfer procedure is standard with most generic and country-code domain extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain name involves a few basic procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a security feature, which is being adopted by more and more domain name registry organizations. It is a default feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain name is locked, it will not be possible to start a transfer process, so nobody can even attempt to snatch your domain name. The lock can be removed only through the account where the domain is registered and all new domains that support this feature are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Shared Website Hosting

If you purchase a Linux shared website hosting from our company, you will be able to manage all domains registered through us using our Hepsia Control Panel and you’ll be able to unlock any of them with only a few mouse clicks. All registrations will be shown in alphabetical order in the Domain Manager section of the Hepsia Control Panel and for each one of them you’ll see a mini padlock icon. Clicking on it will show you the present security lock status. If the domain name is locked and you would like to transfer it away, you’ll just have to click once more and that’s it. Locking a domain is just as easy and since the domain names are administered in the exact same place as the web hosting account itself, you won’t need to log in and out of different admin dashboards.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

Locking or unlocking any domain name registered through us is incredibly easy and can be done through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel – the one via which you administer your semi-dedicated server. You will find all your domains in the Registered Domains section and those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a padlock icon on their right. You can unlock any domain name by clicking on its icon and since the change will propagate instantaneously, you’ll be able to initiate the domain name transfer procedure without waiting for the status to change on WHOIS lookup sites. If you change your mind and opt not to transfer the domain away from our company, locking it again will be just as easy and will not take more than several clicks of the mouse in your Hepsia Control Panel.