Transferring an existing domain entails changing the registrar company that handles the domain registration service, so after the transfer, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS modifications through the new domain name registrar. The transfer process is standard with most generic and country-code TLD extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and entail different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name involves several 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 domain registry organizations. It is a standard feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain is locked, it won’t be possible to initiate a transfer procedure, so no one can even try to steal 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 option are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Shared Website Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with each and every shared website hosting package that we offer, will give you absolute control over your domain names. You’ll find all domains registered through our company neatly listed 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 next to them. By clicking on the icon, you can see if the particular domain name is locked or unlocked and you can update the current status by clicking once again – the process is as simple as that. You will not have to wait for the update to take effect or for our company to do anything, as the change of the status takes effect instantaneously, even if you see something else on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such websites to ‘refresh’ the details that they show.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

Administering your domains with our company 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 our company using the exact same Control Panel via which you’ll manage your web hosting account. For your convenience’s sake, the domain names will be displayed alphabetically and on the right you’ll see a padlock-like icon if the given domain supports the registrar lock feature. If you click the icon, you will find out whether the specific domain is locked or not and you’ll be able to change this status by clicking again. The status will be updated straight away and you’ll be able to start the domain name transfer procedure without having to wait for the change to be shown on WHOIS lookup sites or for our company to do anything on our end.