Transferring an existing domain involves changing the registrar company that provides the domain name registration service, so after the transfer, you will have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS entry updates through the new registrar. The transfer process itself is standard with most universal and country-specific domain name extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails a few basic procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a security option, which is being adopted by more and more domain registry operators. It is a standard feature supported by all generic Top-Level Domains. If a domain is locked, it will not be possible to start a transfer process, so no one can even try to snatch 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 option are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting

If you purchase a shared hosting from our company, you will be able to administer all domain names registered through us via our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you’ll be able to unlock any of them with only several clicks. All registrations will be listed alphabetically in the Domain Manager section of the Control Panel and for each one of them you will see a small padlock icon. Clicking on it will show you the present security lock status. If the domain is locked and you wish to transfer it away, you will just need to click once more and that’s it. Locking a domain name is just as easy and since the domains are managed in the exact same location as the hosting account itself, you will not have to log in and out of different admin interfaces.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

Locking or unlocking any domain registered through our company is extremely easy and can be accomplished through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel – the one via which you administer your semi-dedicated server. You’ll find all your domain names in the Domain Manager section and the ones whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a padlock-like icon on their right. You can unlock any domain by clicking on its icon and since the update will take effect right away, you will be able to go ahead with the domain transfer procedure without waiting for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup sites. If you change your mind and choose not to transfer the domain away from our company, locking it once again will be just as easy and will not take more than several clicks of the mouse in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel.