Transferring an existing domain name involves changing the company that provides the domain name registration service, so after the transfer, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS entry updates through the new domain registrar. The transfer procedure is standard with most gTLD and ccTLD extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and entail different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails a few necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a safety option, which is being adopted by more and more domain registry organizations. It’s a standard feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain name is locked, it won’t be possible to start a transfer procedure, so no one can even attempt to register your domain. The domain lock can be removed only through the account where the domain name is registered in the first place and all new domains that support this feature are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Web Hosting

With a web hosting plan from us, you will exercise total control over your domain names through our custom-created Hepsia Control Panel. You will be able to do anything you would like, including locking & unlocking any of the domain names registered through our company, as long as the particular Top-Level Domain extension supports this option. Clicking the padlock icon that you’ll find next to any domain registered in your Hepsia Control Panel will show you its current status and clicking on it for the second time will enable you to edit that status. If you wish to transfer a domain to another domain registrar, you can initiate the process straight away. Since unlocking a domain name through your Hepsia Control Panel will take effect momentarily, no propagation period or any action on our end will be required. Locking a domain name is just as easy – you’ll just need to go through the very same steps.