Transferring an already registered domain name involves switching the registrar that handles the registration service, so after the transfer, you’ll have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS resource record updates through the new company. The transfer procedure is standard with most Top-Level Domain extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain entails several necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The domain lock is a security feature, which is being adopted by more and more domain registry organizations. It is a standard feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain is locked, it won’t be possible to initiate a transfer procedure, so nobody can even attempt to register your domain. The domain lock can be removed only through the account where the domain is registered 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 us, you’ll exercise total command over your domains through our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You will be able to do anything you’d like, including locking & unlocking any of the domain names registered through our company, as long as the specific generic or country-code domain name extension supports this feature. Clicking on the padlock logo that you will see next to any domain name registered in your Control Panel will show you its present status and clicking on it once again will enable you to edit that status. In case you’d like to transfer a domain name to another domain name registrar, you can initiate the procedure immediately. Since unlocking a domain name through your Control Panel will take effect instantly, no propagation interval or any action on our end will be needed. Locking a domain name is just as easy – you will just have to complete the exact same steps.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

Locking or unlocking any domain registered through us is remarkably easy and can be accomplished through the Hepsia Control Panel – the one via which you administer your semi-dedicated server. You’ll see all your domains in the Domain Manager section and those whose extensions support the registrar lock feature will have a padlock icon on their right. You can unlock any domain name by clicking on its icon and since the update will propagate instantly, you will be able to proceed with the domain name transfer procedure without the need to wait for the status to change on WHOIS websites. If you reconsider your decision and choose not to transfer the domain name away from our company, locking it once again will be just as simple and will not take more than a few mouse clicks in your hosting Control Panel.