Transferring an already registered domain entails switching the domain name registrar that handles the registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS resource record modifications through the new registrar company. The transfer process is standard with most generic and country-code domain 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 procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The domain lock is a security feature, which is being adopted by more and more domain name registry organizations. It’s a standard feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain is locked, it will not be possible to initiate a transfer procedure, so nobody can even try to steal your domain name. The domain lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain is registered and all new domains that support this functionality are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Website Hosting

If you purchase a website hosting from our company, you’ll be able to administer all domain names registered through us via our Hepsia Control Panel and you will be able to unlock any of them with just a couple of mouse clicks. All registrations will be listed alphabetically in the Domain Manager section of the Hepsia Control Panel and for each one of them you will see a small padlock icon. Clicking it will show you the current security lock status. If the domain name is locked and you’d like to transfer it away, you will just need to click for the second time and that’s it. Locking a domain is just as easy and since the domain names are managed in the very same location as the hosting account itself, you will not have to log in and out of different Control Panels.