Transferring an existing domain entails changing the domain registrar that handles the domain registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS updates through the new registrar company. The transfer procedure is standard with most generic and country-code top-level domain name extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails a few necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a security feature, which is being embraced by more and more domain registry operators. It’s a default feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain name is locked, it won’t be possible to start a transfer process, so no one can even try to take your domain. The lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain is registered in the first place and all new domains that support this option are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting

Locking and unlocking a domain registered through us is extremely easy. This can be achieved through the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with our shared hosting, and will take literally two clicks of the mouse. All your domains will be displayed alphabetically in the Domain Manager section of the Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the registrar lock option, you’ll see a padlock-like icon. Click on it once and you will see the domain’s current status. Click once again and you will change its status. The update will take effect immediately without the need for you or for us to do anything else for the status to be ‘refreshed’ on WHOIS lookup sites, so you can initiate the transfer right away.