Transferring an active domain name entails changing the domain name registrar that provides the domain registration service, so after the transfer, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS record modifications through the new domain name registrar. The transfer process is standard with most universal and country-specific domain name extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain entails several necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The domain lock is a safety feature, which is being adopted by more and more domain name registry organizations. 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 nobody can even attempt to steal your domain. The lock can be removed only through the account where the domain is registered and all new domain names that support this option are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Hosting

If you buy a Linux hosting package from our company, you’ll be able to administer all domains registered through us via our Hepsia Control Panel and you will be able to unlock any of them with just a couple of mouse clicks. All registrations will be shown in alphabetical order in the Domain Manager section of the Control Panel and for each one of them you will notice a tiny padlock sign. Clicking on it will show you the current security lock status. If the domain is locked and you wish to transfer it, you will just need to click once more and you’ll be all set. Locking a domain is just as easy and since the domain names are managed in the very same place as the web hosting account itself, you will not need to log in and out of different admin consoles.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Managing your domain names with us is incredibly easy and the registrar lock option is not an exception. In case you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you will be able to administer the domains registered through our company using the same Control Panel via which you’ll administer your hosting account. For your convenience, the domains will be displayed in alphabetical order and on the right you’ll notice a padlock icon in case the particular domain name supports the registrar lock feature. If you click the icon, you’ll see whether the given domain name is locked or not and you will be able to update this status by clicking once more. The status will be updated right away and you will be able to initiate the domain name transfer without needing to wait for the change to appear on WHOIS lookup websites or for us to do anything on our end.