Transferring an already registered domain entails changing the registrar that handles the domain registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS record updates through the new registrar company. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most top-level domain name extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and entail different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain entails a few basic procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The domain lock is a safety option, which is being embraced by more and more domain registry organizations. It is a standard feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain name is locked, it won’t be possible to start a transfer process, so nobody can even attempt to steal your domain name. The 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 functionality are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Hosting

Locking and unlocking a domain registered through our company is truly easy. This can be achieved through the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with our Linux cloud hosting, and will take literally two mouse clicks. All your domain names will be shown in alphabetical order in the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the domain lock option, you will notice a padlock-like sign. Click on it once and you’ll notice the domain’s current status. Click once more and you will alter its status. The update will propagate immediately without the need for you or for us to do anything else for the status to be ‘refreshed’ on WHOIS lookup sites, so you can initiate the transfer process straight away.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you’ve registered a domain through us and you wish to transfer it away, 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 in alphabetical order in your account and you’ll notice a tiny padlock-like icon next to each domain there, on the condition that its generic or country-code extension supports the registrar lock option. You can see whether the domain name is locked or not by clicking on this icon and modify the current status by clicking on it once more. You can then continue and initiate the domain name transfer straight away without the need to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup sites, as the update will propagate instantly without you or us having to do anything else.