Transferring an existing domain involves changing the registrar that provides the domain name registration service, so after the transfer, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS updates through the new registrar company. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most 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 involves a few basic steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The domain lock is a safety feature, which is being embraced by more and more domain name registry organizations. It is a standard feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain name is locked, it will be impossible to start a transfer procedure, so nobody can even attempt to register your domain name. The lock can be removed only through the account where the domain is registered and all new domain names that support this functionality are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is included with each and every shared hosting package that we offer, will give you absolute authority over your domains. You’ll find all domain names registered through our company neatly displayed in alphabetical order in a separate Control Panel section. Those whose extensions support the domain lock option will have a mini padlock icon next to them. By clicking on the icon, you can find out if the particular domain is locked or unlocked and you can change the current status by clicking again – the procedure is as straightforward as that. You will not have to wait for the change to propagate or for our company to do anything, as the status change takes effect momentarily, even if you see something different on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such websites to update the information that they display.