Transferring an active domain name entails changing the registrar company that provides the domain name registration service, so after the transfer, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS record updates through the new registrar company. The transfer process itself is standard with most universal and country-specific domain extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails several necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The domain lock is a security option, which is being embraced by more and more domain registry organizations. It’s a default feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain name is locked, it will be impossible to initiate a transfer process, so nobody can even attempt to snatch your domain. 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 Shared Hosting

With a Linux shared package from us, you’ll exert absolute control over your domain names through our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel. You will be able to do anything you’d like, including locking and unlocking any of the domains registered here, as long as the particular domain name extension supports this feature. Clicking on the padlock icon that you will find next to any domain registered in your Hepsia Control Panel will show you its current status and clicking on it once again will permit you to modify that status. If you want to transfer a domain name to another registrar, you can initiate the procedure right away. Since unlocking a domain name through your Control Panel will take effect momentarily, no propagation time or any action on our end will be needed. Locking a domain name is just as easy – you will just have to go through the very same steps.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Managing your domains with our company is really easy and the registrar lock option makes no exception. In case you have a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to manage the domain names registered through our company using the very same Control Panel via which you’ll administer your web hosting account. For the sake of convenience, the domain names will be listed alphabetically and on the right-hand side you will see a padlock-like icon if the given domain supports the registrar lock option. If you click the icon, you’ll see whether the given domain name is locked or not and you will be able to change this status by clicking once more. The status will change straight away and you will be able to start the transfer procedure without needing to wait for the change to be displayed on WHOIS lookup websites or for us to do anything on our end.