Transferring an existing domain involves switching the domain registrar that provides the domain registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS entry updates through the new company. The transfer process is standard with most universal and country-specific domain extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name involves several necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a safety option, which is being adopted by more and more domain name registry operators. It is a standard feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain is locked, it will not be possible to start a transfer procedure, so nobody can even try to snatch your domain name. The domain lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain name is registered and all new domains that support this functionality are locked by default the moment they are registered.
Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting
Locking and unlocking a domain name registered through our company is very easy. This can be achieved through the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with our shared hosting service, and will require literally two mouse clicks. All your domains will be displayed alphabetically in the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the domain lock option, you’ll notice a padlock-like symbol. Click on it once and you will notice the domain’s current status. Click again and you will change its status. The update will take effect instantaneously without the need for you or for us to do anything else for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup websites, so you can proceed with the transfer procedure right away.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers
In case you would like to transfer a domain name from our company to another domain registrar and you have a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to get the domain name ready with just a few clicks. All your domain names will be shown in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the same tool via which you will manage your hosting account. If a given generic or country-code TLD supports the registrar lock feature, you’ll see a padlock icon. You can find out if the domain is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can update the status by clicking once again. That’s all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or our company will need to do, so you can go ahead with the transfer straight away. The change will propagate momentarily, so you will not need to wait for the status to change on WHOIS lookup websites.