Transferring an already registered domain name involves changing the domain name registrar that handles the domain name registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS record modifications through the new company. The transfer procedure is standard with most domain name 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 safety feature, which is being adopted by more and more domain registry operators. It’s a standard 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 take your domain name. The lock can be removed only through the account where the domain name is registered and all new domain names that support this functionality are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with each and every cloud hosting package that we offer, will grant you total authority over your domains. You will see all domain names registered through us conveniently displayed in alphabetical order in a separate Control Panel section. Those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a mini padlock icon on their right. By clicking on the icon, you can find out if the given domain name is locked or unlocked and you can alter the present status by clicking again – the procedure is as straightforward as that. You won’t need 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 sites. After all, it takes time for such sites to update the details that they display.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you’d like to transfer a domain from our company to another domain registrar and you have a semi-dedicated server account, you will be able to get the domain name ready with only several clicks of the mouse. All your domain names will be listed in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the very same tool via which you will administer your web hosting account. If a particular gTLD or ccTLD supports the registrar lock feature, you’ll see a padlock-like icon. You can find out if the domain name is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can change the status by clicking once again. This is all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or we will have to do, so you can go ahead with the domain name transfer procedure straight away. The change will take effect instantly, so you will not need to wait for the status to change on WHOIS lookup websites.