Transferring an existing domain entails changing the registrar company that handles the domain name registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS resource record modifications through the new company. The transfer process is standard with most universal and country-specific domain name extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain entails several necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a safety option, which is being embraced by more and more registry operators. It is a standard feature supported by all generic Top-Level Domains. If a domain is locked, it will be impossible to start a transfer process, so no one can even attempt to register your domain name. The domain lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain name is registered and all new domain names that support this feature are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Shared Website Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with each and every shared website hosting package that we offer, will grant you complete control over your domains. You’ll see all domains registered through our company conveniently listed in alphabetical order in a separate section of the Control Panel. Those whose extensions support the domain lock option will have a small padlock icon next to them. By clicking on the icon, you can find out if the particular domain name is locked or unlocked and you can modify the present status by clicking again – the process is as straightforward as that. You won’t have to wait for the change to propagate or for our company to do anything, as the status change takes effect instantly, even if you notice something different on WHOIS lookup websites. After all, it takes time for such sites to ‘refresh’ the information that they show.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

Administering your domains with us is really easy and the registrar lock feature makes no exception. If you have a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to manage the domain names registered through us using the exact same Control Panel via which you’ll manage your web hosting account. For the sake of convenience, the domains will be displayed alphabetically and on the right-hand side you’ll notice a padlock-like icon in case the particular domain supports the registrar lock option. If you click on the icon, you will find out whether the specific domain name is locked or not and you’ll be able to update this status by clicking again. The status will be updated straight away and you’ll be able to initiate the transfer without having to wait for the update to be shown on WHOIS lookup sites or for us to do anything on our end.