Transferring an already registered domain involves changing the domain name 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 domain name registrar. The transfer process itself is standard with most TLD extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails a few necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a security option, which is being embraced by more and more domain name registry operators. It’s a standard feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain is locked, it will be impossible to start a transfer process, so no one can even attempt to register your domain. The domain lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain is registered and all new domain names that support this functionality are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Website Hosting

With a cloud website hosting from us, you will exert full control over your domain names through our in-house developed Hepsia Control Panel. You’ll be able to do anything you’d like, including locking/unlocking any of the domain names registered here, on the condition that the particular TLD extension supports this feature. Clicking on the padlock symbol that you will notice next to any domain registered in your Control Panel will show you its current status and clicking it for the second time will allow you to alter that status. If you would like to transfer a domain name to another registrar, you can initiate the procedure immediately. Since unlocking a domain name through your Control Panel will take effect momentarily, no propagation time or any action on our end will be needed. Locking a domain name is just as easy – you’ll just have to follow the very same steps.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you have registered a domain through us and you’d like to transfer it, you can quickly unlock it through the very same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to manage your semi-dedicated server account. All registrations will be listed alphabetically in your account and you’ll see a mini padlock-like icon next to each domain there, on the condition that its extension supports the registrar lock option. You can find out if the domain name is locked or not by clicking on this icon and modify the current status by clicking on it once again. You can then go ahead and initiate the domain name transfer process right away without waiting for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup sites, as the change will propagate instantaneously without you or us having to do anything else.