Transferring an active domain name involves switching the registrar that provides the domain name registration service, so after the transfer, you will have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS entry updates through the new company. The transfer procedure is standard with most generic and country-code TLD extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain involves several necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a safety feature, which is being adopted by more and more domain registry organizations. It is a standard feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain is locked, it will be impossible to initiate a transfer process, so no one can even attempt to snatch your domain. The lock can be removed only through the account where the domain name is registered and all new domains that support this option are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Website Hosting

Locking and unlocking a domain name registered through our company is incredibly easy. This can be done through the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with our website hosting plans, and will require literally two mouse clicks. All your domains 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’ll notice a padlock-like sign. Click on it once and you’ll see the domain’s present status. Click once again and you’ll change its status. The change will propagate instantaneously without the need for you or for our company to do anything else for the status to be ‘refreshed’ on WHOIS lookup sites, so you can go ahead with the transfer procedure straight away.