Transferring an active domain entails changing the domain registrar that handles the registration service, so after the transfer, you’ll have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS modifications through the new registrar company. The transfer process itself is standard with most universal and country-specific domain name extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and entail different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails a few necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The domain lock is a safety option, which is being embraced by more and more registry organizations. It’s a standard feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain name is locked, it will be impossible to initiate a transfer procedure, so nobody can even attempt to register your domain name. The domain 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 functionality are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is included with each and every cloud hosting package that we offer, will give you absolute authority over your domains. You will see all domain names registered through our company neatly listed in alphabetical order in a separate section of the Control Panel. Those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a small padlock icon next to them. By clicking the icon, you can find out if the given domain name is locked or unlocked and you can change the present status by clicking once more – the procedure is as simple as that. You won’t need to wait for the update to propagate or for our company to do anything, as the status change takes effect instantly, even if you notice something else on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such sites to update the details that they show.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you have registered a domain name through us and you wish to transfer it, you can quickly unlock it through the very same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to administer your semi-dedicated server account. All domain registrations will be listed in alphabetical order in your account and you’ll see a mini padlock icon next to each domain name there, on the condition that its extension supports the registrar lock option. You can see whether the domain is locked or not by clicking on this icon and update the present status by clicking on it once again. You can then continue and start the transfer process right away without waiting for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup websites, as the update will take effect immediately without you or us having to do anything else.