Transferring an active domain name entails changing the registrar company that handles the domain name registration service, so after the transfer, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS record modifications through the new company. The transfer procedure is standard with most domain name extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and entail different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain involves a few basic steps and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a safety option, which is being adopted by more and more domain name registry operators. It’s a standard feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain name is locked, it won’t be possible to start a transfer process, so nobody can even attempt to register your domain name. The lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain 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 Cloud Web Hosting

With a cloud web hosting plan from our company, you’ll exert full command over your domains through our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel. You will be able to do anything you would like, including locking/unlocking any of the domain names registered through us, provided that the specific domain extension supports this feature. Clicking on the padlock logo that you’ll notice next to any domain registered in your Control Panel will show you its current status and clicking it for the second time will enable you to alter that status. In case you want to transfer a domain name to another registrar, you can initiate the procedure straight away. Since unlocking a domain name through your Control Panel will take effect momentarily, no propagation period or any action on our end will be needed. Locking a domain name is just as easy – you will just need to complete the exact same steps.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you’d like to transfer a domain name from our company to another domain registrar and you have a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to get the domain ready with only a few mouse clicks. All your domains will be shown in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the very same tool via which you’ll administer your web hosting account. If a specific gTLD or ccTLD supports the registrar lock feature, you’ll see a padlock-like icon. You can find out whether the domain is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can alter the status by clicking once again. That’s all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or our company will have to do, so you can start the transfer right away. The update will take effect immediately, so you won’t have to wait for the status to change on WHOIS lookup websites.