Transferring an already registered domain name entails changing the company that handles the domain name registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS entry updates through the new company. The transfer process is standard with most top-level domain name extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name involves several basic procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a safety option, which is being embraced by more and more domain name registry organizations. It is a default feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain is locked, it won’t be possible to initiate a transfer process, so nobody can even try to snatch your domain name. The domain lock can be removed only through the account where the domain is registered and all new domain names that support this functionality are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Web Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every cloud web hosting package that we offer, will grant you total control over your domain names. You’ll find all domain names registered through us conveniently listed in alphabetical order in a separate Control Panel section. 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 specific domain is locked or unlocked and you can change the current status by clicking once more – 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 momentarily, even if you see something different on WHOIS lookup websites. After all, it takes time for such sites to update the info that they show.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Administering your domains with us is really easy and the registrar lock feature is not an exception. If you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to administer the domain names registered through our company using the very same Control Panel via which you will manage your web hosting account. For your convenience’s sake, the domain names will be displayed alphabetically and on the right you’ll notice a padlock icon if the particular domain name supports the registrar lock feature. If you click the icon, you will find out if the specific domain name is locked or not and you will be able to modify this status by clicking once more. The status will be changed right away and you will be able to initiate the domain name transfer process without the need to wait for the change to appear on WHOIS lookup sites or for our company to do anything on our end.