Transferring an active domain name involves switching the company that provides the registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS entry modifications through the new domain name registrar. The transfer process itself is standard with most gTLD and ccTLD extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain entails a few necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The domain lock is a security option, which is being embraced by more and more domain name registry operators. It is a default feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain is locked, it will not be possible to initiate a transfer process, so nobody can even try to snatch 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 feature are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Hosting

If you buy a cloud hosting plan from our company, you will be able to manage all domain names registered through us via our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you’ll be able to unlock any of them with only a couple of mouse 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 will notice a small padlock logo. Clicking on it will show you the current security lock status. If the domain is locked and you want to transfer it away, you will just need to click once again and you’ll be all set. Locking a domain is just as easy and since the domains are managed in the very same location as the web hosting account itself, you won’t have to log in and out of different systems.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

Locking or unlocking any domain name registered through us is unbelievably easy and can be achieved through the Hepsia Control Panel – the one via which you manage your semi-dedicated server. You will find all your domains in the Registered Domains section and the ones whose extensions support the registrar lock feature will have a padlock-like icon on their right. You can unlock any domain name by clicking on its icon and since the change will propagate instantly, you will be able to continue with the transfer process without having to wait for the status to change on WHOIS lookup sites. If you change your mind and choose not to transfer the domain name 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 Control Panel.