Transferring an active domain name entails switching the company that handles the registration service, so after the transfer, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS updates through the new registrar. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most domain extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails several necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a security option, which is being adopted by more and more domain registry organizations. It is a default feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain is locked, it will not be possible to initiate a transfer procedure, so no one can even try to snatch your domain. The domain lock can be removed only through the account where the domain is registered in the first place and all new domains that support this functionality are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Hosting

Locking and unlocking a domain registered through our company is very easy. This can be achieved through the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with our Linux hosting packages, and will require literally two clicks. All your domain names will be listed in alphabetical order 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 icon. Click on it once and you will see the domain name’s current status. Click once again and you will alter its status. The update will propagate instantaneously without the need for you or for us to do anything else for the status to be ‘refreshed’ on WHOIS lookup websites, so you can continue with the transfer procedure straight away.