Transferring an already registered domain entails changing the registrar that handles the registration service, so after the transfer, you will have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS resource record updates 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 steps, but in the general case transferring a domain name involves a few basic procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The domain lock is a safety feature, which is being adopted by more and more registry organizations. It is a standard feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain is locked, it won’t be possible to start a transfer procedure, so nobody can even try to snatch your domain. The domain lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain name is registered in the first place and all new domain names that support this functionality are locked by default when 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 grant you complete control over your domain names. You will find all domain names registered through our company conveniently displayed 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 see if the specific domain name is locked or unlocked and you can change the current status by clicking again – the process is as simple as that. You will not have to wait for the change to propagate or for our company to do anything, as the status change takes effect instantaneously, even if you see something else on WHOIS lookup websites. After all, it takes time for such sites to update the info that they display.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Managing your domain names with our company is amazingly easy and the registrar lock option is not an exception. In case you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to manage the domain names registered through us using the very same Control Panel via which you’ll administer your web hosting account. For your convenience’s sake, the domains will be shown in alphabetical order and on the right you will see a padlock icon in case the particular domain name supports the registrar lock option. If you click on the icon, you’ll see whether the given domain name is locked or not and you’ll be able to change this status by clicking again. The status will change straight away and you will be able to start the domain transfer process without the need to wait for the change to be displayed on WHOIS lookup sites or for our company to do anything on our end.