Transferring an existing domain entails changing the registrar company that handles the domain registration service, so after the transfer, you will have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS entry updates through the new registrar. The transfer process itself is standard with most domain name extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain entails several necessary steps 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 TLDs. If a domain is locked, it will not be possible to initiate a transfer procedure, so no one can even attempt to snatch your domain name. The domain 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 when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every shared hosting package that we offer, will give you full control over your domain names. You’ll find all domain names registered through our company conveniently listed in alphabetical order in a separate Control Panel section. Those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a mini padlock icon next to them. By clicking on the icon, you can see if the specific 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 have to wait for the change to take effect or for our company to do anything, as the change of the status takes effect instantaneously, even if you notice something else on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such websites to ‘refresh’ the details that they display.