Transferring an existing domain name involves switching the registrar that handles the registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS resource record updates through the new company. The transfer process itself is standard with most TLD extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and entail different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name involves a few basic steps and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a safety feature, which is being embraced by more and more domain registry operators. It’s a standard feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain name is locked, it won’t be possible to initiate a transfer process, so nobody can even attempt to snatch your domain. The lock can be removed only through the account where the domain name is registered and all new domain names that support this option are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with each and every shared hosting package that we offer, will grant you complete authority over your domains. You’ll find all domains registered through our company neatly displayed in alphabetical order in a separate section of the Control Panel. Those whose extensions support the domain lock option will have a mini padlock icon on their right. By clicking the icon, you can find out if the particular domain is locked or unlocked and you can alter the present status by clicking again – the process is as simple as that. You will not have to wait for the update to take effect or for our company to do anything, as the change of the status takes effect immediately, even if you notice something different on WHOIS lookup websites. After all, it takes time for such websites to ‘refresh’ the info that they display.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Managing your domain names with us is very easy and the registrar lock option is not an exception. If you have a semi-dedicated server account, you will be able to administer the domain names registered through us using the same Control Panel via which you’ll administer your web hosting account. For your convenience, the domain names will be shown alphabetically and on the right you’ll notice a padlock icon if the particular domain name supports the registrar lock feature. If you click on the icon, you will find out whether the given domain name is locked or not and you’ll be able to change this status by clicking once more. The status will be changed instantly and you’ll be able to start the domain transfer procedure without needing to wait for the update to be displayed on WHOIS lookup websites or for us to do anything on our end.