Transferring an existing domain entails switching the domain registrar that provides the domain registration service, so after the transfer, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS record updates through the new domain name registrar. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most domain extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and entail different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain entails a few necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The domain lock is a safety option, which is being adopted by more and more registry organizations. It is a standard feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain is locked, it will not be possible to start a transfer process, so nobody can even try to take your domain name. The domain lock can be removed only through the account where the domain name is registered and all new domain names that support this option are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Web Hosting

With a web hosting from us, you will exercise total control over your domains through our custom-developed Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You’ll be able to do anything you’d like, including locking and unlocking any of the domains registered through us, as long as the specific generic or country-code TLD extension supports this option. Clicking the padlock icon that you’ll see next to any domain registered in your Hepsia Control Panel will show you its current status and clicking it once more will permit you to update that status. In case you wish to transfer a domain name to another registrar company, you can initiate the procedure momentarily. Since unlocking a domain name through your Control Panel will take effect instantaneously, no propagation time or any action on our end will be required. Locking a domain is just as easy – you will just have to go through the very same steps.