Transferring an existing domain involves switching the company that handles the domain registration service, so after the transfer, you’ll have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS record updates through the new domain name registrar. The transfer process is standard with most generic and country-code Top-Level Domain extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain involves several necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a security option, which is being embraced by more and more domain name registry operators. It is a standard feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain name is locked, it will not be possible to initiate a transfer process, so no one can even try to take your domain name. The lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain name is registered in the first place and all new domains that support this option are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is included with each and every hosting package that we offer, will give you absolute control over your domains. You will see all domains registered through us conveniently listed in alphabetical order in a separate section of the Control Panel. Those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a tiny padlock icon on their right. By clicking on the icon, you can see if the particular domain name is locked or unlocked and you can update the current 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 instantaneously, even if you see something else on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such sites to ‘refresh’ the info that they show.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

Managing your domain names with us is unbelievably easy and the registrar lock feature is not an exception. If you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to administer the domains registered through us using the exact same Control Panel via which you will manage your hosting account. For your convenience’s sake, the domains will be listed in alphabetical order and on the right you’ll notice a padlock icon in case the particular domain name supports the registrar lock option. If you click the icon, you will find out if the particular domain is locked or not and you’ll be able to modify this status by clicking once again. The status will be changed momentarily and you will be able to initiate the domain transfer process without having to wait for the update to be shown on WHOIS lookup sites or for us to do anything on our end.