Transferring an already registered domain entails switching the registrar company that provides the registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS modifications through the new registrar company. The transfer process is standard with most domain name extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and entail different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails a few basic steps and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a security feature, which is being embraced by more and more domain registry organizations. It’s a standard feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain name is locked, it will not be possible to start a transfer process, so nobody can even attempt to steal your domain. The domain lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain is registered in the first place and all new domains that support this option are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting

If you order a shared hosting from our company, you will be able to manage all domains registered through us using our Hepsia Control Panel and you will be able to unlock any of them with just several clicks of the mouse. All registrations will be listed in alphabetical order in the Domain Manager section of the Control Panel and for each one of them you’ll notice a mini padlock symbol. Clicking on it will show you the present security lock status. If the domain name is locked and you want to transfer it, you’ll just need to click for the second time and that’s it. Locking a domain name is just as easy and since the domains are administered in the very same place as the web hosting account itself, you won’t have to sign in and out of different systems.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you have registered a domain through us 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 shown alphabetically in your account and you will see a small padlock-like icon on the right side of each domain there, provided that its extension supports the registrar lock option. You can see whether the domain name 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 domain transfer process right away without waiting for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup websites, as the update will propagate momentarily without you or us having to do anything else.