Transferring an active domain name involves switching the registrar that handles the registration service, so after the transfer, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS record updates through the new company. The transfer procedure is standard with most top-level domain name extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain entails several necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The domain lock is a security feature, which is being embraced by more and more domain name registry operators. It’s a default feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain name is locked, it won’t be possible to initiate a transfer process, so nobody can even attempt to take your domain. 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 Web Hosting

Locking and unlocking a domain registered through our company is astonishingly easy. This can be achieved through the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with our Linux web hosting packages, and will require literally two clicks. All your domain names will be displayed alphabetically in the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the domain lock option, you will see a padlock-like symbol. Click on it once and you will notice the current status of the domain. Click again and you’ll alter its status. The update will propagate momentarily without the need for you or for us to do anything else for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup websites, so you can proceed with the transfer process straight away.