Transferring an already registered domain name involves changing the domain registrar that handles the registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS entry updates through the new domain registrar. The transfer process is standard with most universal and country-specific top-level domain name extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and entail different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain entails a few necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a security option, which is being adopted by more and more domain name registry organizations. It’s a standard feature supported by all generic Top-Level Domains. If a domain is locked, it will be impossible to initiate a transfer process, so nobody can even try to steal your domain name. The lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain name is registered in the first place and all new domain names that support this feature are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Shared Website Hosting

Locking and unlocking a domain name registered through our company is unbelievably easy. This can be achieved through the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with our Linux shared website hosting packages, and will take exactly two clicks. All your domains will be displayed in alphabetical order in the Registered Domains section of the 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’ll see the domain’s current status. Click once again and you’ll change its status. The change will propagate instantly without the need for you or for us to do anything else for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites, so you can proceed with the transfer straight away.