Transferring an already registered domain involves switching the company that handles the domain name registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS updates through the new domain registrar. The transfer procedure is standard with most gTLD and ccTLD extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and entail different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails a few necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The domain lock is a security feature, which is being adopted by more and more domain registry organizations. It is a standard feature supported by all generic Top-Level Domains. If a domain is locked, it will be impossible to start a transfer procedure, so no one can even try to steal your domain name. The domain lock can be removed 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 the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with each and every cloud hosting plan that we offer, will grant you complete control over your domains. You’ll find all domains registered through us conveniently displayed in alphabetical order in a separate section of the Control Panel. Those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a small padlock icon on their right. By clicking the icon, you can see if the given domain name is locked or unlocked and you can modify the current status by clicking once again – the process is as simple as that. You won’t need to wait for the update to take effect or for our company to do anything, as the status change takes effect instantly, even if you notice something different on WHOIS lookup websites. After all, it takes time for such sites to update the information that they display.