Transferring an already registered domain name involves switching the domain registrar that handles the domain name registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS record modifications through the new company. The transfer process is standard with most universal and country-specific top-level domain name extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain name involves several basic steps and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a security feature, which is being adopted by more and more registry organizations. It’s a default feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain name is locked, it will be impossible to start a transfer process, so nobody can even try to steal your domain name. The domain lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain is registered and all new domains that support this feature are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is included with each and every hosting plan that we offer, will give you absolute control over your domain names. You will find all domains registered through our company conveniently displayed in alphabetical order in a separate Control Panel section. Those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a mini padlock icon on their right. By clicking on the icon, you can see if the given domain is locked or unlocked and you can change the current status by clicking once more – the procedure is as simple as that. You won’t have to wait for the update to propagate or for our company to do anything, as the change of the status takes effect instantaneously, even if you notice something different on WHOIS lookup websites. After all, it takes time for such websites to ‘refresh’ the information that they display.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Managing your domains with our company is remarkably easy and the registrar lock option makes no exception. In case you have a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to administer the domains registered through us using the very same Control Panel via which you’ll administer your web hosting account. For your convenience’s sake, the domains will be listed alphabetically and on the right-hand side you’ll notice a padlock icon in case the particular domain name supports the registrar lock feature. If you click on the icon, you will see if the specific domain name is locked or not and you will be able to update this status by clicking once again. The status will change instantaneously and you will be able to start the transfer procedure without the need to wait for the update to be shown on WHOIS lookup websites or for our company to do anything on our end.