Transferring an already registered domain name entails changing the registrar that provides the domain registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS modifications through the new registrar company. The transfer process is standard with most universal and country-specific domain extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain involves several basic steps and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a safety 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 won’t be possible to initiate a transfer process, so nobody can even attempt to steal your domain. The lock can be removed only through the account where the domain name is registered in the first place and all new domain names that support this feature are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Web Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with each and every web hosting plan that we offer, will give you complete control over your domains. You’ll find all domain names registered through us conveniently listed in alphabetical order in a separate section of the Control Panel. Those whose extensions support the domain lock option will have a small padlock icon next to them. By clicking on the icon, you can see if the specific domain name is locked or unlocked and you can modify the current status by clicking again – the procedure is as simple as that. You won’t have to wait for the change to take effect or for our company to do anything, as the status change takes effect instantly, even if you notice something else on WHOIS lookup websites. After all, it takes time for such sites to ‘refresh’ the information that they display.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you’ve registered a domain name through us and you wish to transfer it away, you can quickly unlock it via the same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to administer your semi-dedicated server account. All domain name registrations will be displayed alphabetically in your account and you will notice a small padlock-like icon next to each domain there, as long as its generic or country-code extension supports the registrar lock feature. You can see if the domain name is locked or not by clicking on this icon and change the current status by clicking on it once again. You can then proceed and start the domain name transfer process straight away without needing to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup websites, as the change will take effect immediately without you or us having to do anything else.