Transferring an already registered domain entails changing the company that provides the domain name registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS entry modifications through the new domain registrar. The transfer procedure is standard with most gTLD and ccTLD extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain involves a few necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The domain lock is a security feature, which is being adopted by more and more registry organizations. It’s 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 attempt to register your domain. The lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain name is registered in the first place and all new domains that support this functionality are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Hosting

With a cloud hosting from our company, you will exert absolute command over your domain names through our custom-developed Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You’ll be able to do anything you’d like, including locking and unlocking any of the domains registered through our company, as long as the specific top-level domain name extension supports this feature. Clicking on the padlock logo that you’ll see next to any domain name registered in your Control Panel will show you its current status and clicking it once more will permit you to alter that status. In case you would like to transfer a domain name to another registrar, you can initiate the procedure instantaneously. Since unlocking a domain name through your Control Panel will take effect instantly, no propagation period or any action on our end will be required. Locking a domain is just as easy – you will just have to complete the very same steps.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Locking or unlocking any domain registered through our company is really easy and can be done through the Hepsia Control Panel – the one via which you administer your semi-dedicated server. You’ll see all your domains in the Registered Domains section and those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a padlock icon next to them. You can unlock any domain by clicking on its icon and since the update will propagate straight away, you will be able to start the transfer procedure without the need to wait for the registrar lock status to be changed on WHOIS lookup sites. If you change your mind and decide not to transfer the domain name away from our company, locking it once again will be just as easy and will not require more than several clicks of the mouse in your hosting Control Panel.