Transferring an existing domain name entails changing the registrar that handles the domain registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS resource record updates through the new domain name registrar. The transfer procedure is standard with most universal and country-specific top-level domain name extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and entail different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain entails a few necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a security feature, which is being embraced by more and more domain registry operators. It is a default feature supported by all generic Top-Level Domains. If a domain name is locked, it won’t be possible to start a transfer process, so no one can even attempt to snatch 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 option are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Website Hosting

Locking and unlocking a domain name registered through us is truly easy. This can be accomplished through the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with our website hosting plans, and will take exactly two clicks. All your domain names will be displayed alphabetically in the Registered Domains section of the Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the registrar lock option, you’ll notice a padlock-like symbol. Click on it once and you’ll notice the present status of the domain name. Click once more and you will change its status. The change will take effect immediately 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 initiate the transfer straight away.