Transferring an existing domain name involves changing the registrar that provides the domain registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS modifications through the new domain registrar. The transfer process 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 name entails a few necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a security feature, which is being embraced by more and more registry operators. It is a standard feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain name is locked, it won’t be possible to initiate a transfer procedure, so no one can even attempt to take your domain name. The lock can be removed only through the account where the domain is registered in the first place and all new domain names that support this feature are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Web Hosting

If you buy a Linux cloud web hosting package from our company, you will be able to manage all domain names registered through us using our Hepsia Control Panel and you will be able to unlock any of them with just several mouse clicks. All registrations will be listed alphabetically in the Domain Manager section of the Control Panel and for each one of them you’ll see a small padlock symbol. Clicking it will show you the current security lock status. If the domain is locked and you wish to transfer it, you will just need to click once again and that’s it. Locking a domain name is just as easy and since the domains are administered in the exact same place as the web hosting account itself, you will not need to sign in and out of different Control Panels.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Administering your domains with our company is truly easy and the registrar lock feature is not an exception. In case you have a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to administer the domains registered through our company using the exact same Control Panel via which you’ll manage your hosting account. For your convenience’s sake, the domain names will be displayed in alphabetical order and on the right-hand side you’ll notice a padlock-like icon in case the particular domain name supports the registrar lock option. If you click on the icon, you’ll see whether the given domain is locked or not and you will be able to change this status by clicking again. The status will be changed straight away and you’ll be able to initiate the domain name 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.