Transferring an active domain entails switching the registrar company that provides the domain registration service, so after the transfer, you will have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS resource record modifications through the new registrar company. The transfer process is standard with most domain extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and entail different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain entails several basic steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The domain lock is a security feature, which is being embraced by more and more domain registry operators. It is a default feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain is locked, it won’t be possible to start a transfer procedure, so no one can even attempt to take your domain name. The lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain is registered in the first place and all new domain names that support this functionality are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Shared Website Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with each and every shared website hosting plan that we offer, will grant you complete authority over your domain names. You will find all domains registered through us conveniently displayed in alphabetical order in a separate section of the Control Panel. Those whose extensions support the domain lock option will have a mini padlock icon on their right. By clicking the icon, you can find out if the particular domain name is locked or unlocked and you can change the current status by clicking again – the procedure is as straightforward as that. You will not have to wait for the change to propagate or for our company to do anything, as the change of the status takes effect instantaneously, even if you notice something else on WHOIS lookup websites. After all, it takes time for such websites to update the details that they display.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Administering your domain names with us is truly easy and the registrar lock option makes no exception. If you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to administer the domains registered through our company using the very same Control Panel via which you’ll administer your web hosting account. For your convenience’s sake, the domain names will be listed alphabetically and on the right-hand side you will notice a padlock icon in case the particular domain 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 modify this status by clicking once more. The status will change straight away and you’ll be able to initiate the transfer process without needing to wait for the update to be shown on WHOIS lookup sites or for us to do anything on our end.