Transferring an active domain entails switching the domain registrar that handles the registration service, so after the transfer, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS entry modifications through the new registrar company. The transfer process itself is standard with most universal and country-specific Top-Level Domain extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails a few basic procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a security option, which is being adopted by more and more registry organizations. It’s a standard feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain is locked, it won’t be possible to start a transfer process, so nobody can even attempt to snatch your domain name. The domain lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain is registered and all new domain names that support this functionality are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Website Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with each and every cloud website hosting plan that we offer, will grant you total command over your domain names. You’ll find all domains registered through us 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 find out if the specific domain name is locked or unlocked and you can change the present status by clicking once again – the procedure is as straightforward as that. You won’t need to wait for the change to take effect or for our company to do anything, as the change of the status takes effect instantly, even if you see something else on WHOIS lookup websites. After all, it takes time for such websites to ‘refresh’ the information that they display.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you wish to transfer a domain name from our company to another registrar and you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to get the domain ready with just several clicks. All your domains will be shown in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the exact same tool via which you’ll manage your web hosting account. If a specific gTLD or ccTLD supports the registrar lock feature, you will notice a padlock icon. You can find out whether the domain is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can modify the status by clicking again. This is all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or our company will need to do, so you can start the domain transfer right away. The update will take effect immediately, so you will not have to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites.