Transferring an existing domain entails switching the domain name registrar that handles the registration service, so after the transfer, you will have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS updates through the new domain registrar. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most gTLD and ccTLD extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and entail different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain involves several necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a security feature, which is being embraced by more and more domain name registry operators. It’s a default feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain name is locked, it will be impossible to initiate a transfer process, so nobody can even attempt to register your domain. 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 Website Hosting

If you buy a Linux website hosting from our company, you will be able to manage all domain names registered through us via our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you will be able to unlock any of them with just a couple of clicks. All registrations will be listed in alphabetical order in the Domain Manager section of the hosting Control Panel and for each one of them you’ll notice a small padlock symbol. Clicking on it will show you the current security lock status. If the domain name is locked and you’d like to transfer it away, 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 domain names are managed in the same location as the web hosting account itself, you will not have to log in and out of different admin interfaces.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you have registered a domain through our company and you’d like 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 registrations will be shown alphabetically in your account and you will see a mini padlock 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 is locked or not by clicking on this icon and update the current status by clicking on it once more. You can then proceed and start the transfer right away without waiting for the status to change on WHOIS lookup websites, as the change will propagate instantly without you or us having to do anything else.