Transferring an active domain name entails switching the company that provides the domain registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS record updates through the new company. The transfer process is standard with most universal and country-specific domain name extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name involves a few necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a safety feature, which is being embraced by more and more domain registry operators. It’s a standard feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain is locked, it will be impossible to start 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 functionality are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is included with each and every shared hosting package that we offer, will give you full control over your domain names. You will find all domains registered through our company conveniently 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 on their right. By clicking on the icon, you can find out if the given domain is locked or unlocked and you can alter the current status by clicking once again – the process is as straightforward 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 immediately, even if you see something else on WHOIS lookup websites. After all, it takes time for such sites to update the details that they show.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Managing your domains with us is very easy and the registrar lock feature makes no exception. If you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to manage the domain names registered through us using the same Control Panel via which you will manage your web hosting account. For the sake of convenience, the domain names will be displayed in alphabetical order and on the right you’ll see a padlock-like icon if the particular domain supports the registrar lock option. If you click on the icon, you will see whether the given domain name is locked or not and you will be able to alter this status by clicking once more. The status will be changed right away and you will be able to initiate the transfer process without having to wait for the change to be displayed on WHOIS lookup sites or for us to do anything on our end.