Transferring an active domain entails changing the domain registrar that handles the registration service, so after the transfer, you will have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS entry updates through the new domain registrar. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most universal and country-specific domain name extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain involves several necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a safety feature, which is being adopted by more and more 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 procedure, so nobody can even try to snatch your domain name. The domain 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 option are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Shared Web Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with each and every shared web hosting plan that we offer, will grant you absolute authority over your domains. You’ll see all domain names 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 tiny padlock icon next to them. By clicking on the icon, you can find out if the specific domain is locked or unlocked and you can update the current status by clicking again – the process is as simple as that. You will not have to wait for the update to take effect or for our company to do anything, as the status change takes effect immediately, even if you see something different on WHOIS lookup websites. After all, it takes time for such sites to ‘refresh’ the details that they display.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you’ve registered a domain through our company and you want to transfer it, you can easily unlock it via the very same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to administer your semi-dedicated server account. All domain registrations will be displayed alphabetically in your account and you’ll notice a mini padlock icon on the right side of each domain there, on the condition that its extension supports the registrar lock option. You can see if the domain is locked or not by clicking on this icon and change the current status by clicking on it once again. You can then continue and start the transfer procedure straight away without the need to wait for the status to change on WHOIS lookup sites, as the update will take effect instantaneously without you or us having to do anything else.