Transferring an active domain entails switching the registrar company that handles the domain name registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS entry updates through the new registrar. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most universal and country-specific domain extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and entail different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain entails a few necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a safety feature, which is being adopted by more and more domain name registry organizations. It’s a standard feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain is locked, it will not be possible to start a transfer procedure, so nobody can even attempt to take your domain. The lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain name is registered and all new domains that support this feature are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Hosting

With a cloud service from our company, you’ll exercise total control over your domain names through our custom-built Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You will be able to do anything you would like, including locking & unlocking any of the domains registered through us, on the condition that the particular generic or country-code Top-Level Domain extension supports this feature. Clicking on the padlock sign that you’ll notice next to any domain name registered in your Control Panel will show you its current status and clicking on it once again will permit you to change that status. If you want to transfer a domain name to another registrar, you can initiate the procedure momentarily. Since unlocking a domain through your Control Panel will take effect instantly, no propagation period or any action on our end will be needed. Locking a domain is just as easy – you’ll just need to go through the very same steps.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

Locking or unlocking any domain name registered through us is very easy and can be accomplished through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel – the one via which you manage your semi-dedicated server. You will find all your domain names in the Registered Domains section and those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a padlock-like icon next to them. You can unlock any domain by clicking on its icon and since the change will take effect instantly, you will be able to proceed with the domain transfer without the need to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS sites. If you reconsider your decision and opt not to transfer the domain away from our company, locking it again will be just as easy and will not require more than a couple of clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel.