Transferring an already registered domain name entails switching the domain name registrar that handles the domain name registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS modifications through the new domain name registrar. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most universal and country-specific Top-Level Domain extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain entails a few basic procedures 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 operators. It’s a default feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain is locked, it will not be possible to start a transfer process, so no one can even try to take your domain. The lock can be annulled 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 Hosting

If you order a hosting plan from our company, you will be able to administer all domains registered through us via our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you will be able to unlock any of them with only a couple of clicks of the mouse. All registrations will be displayed alphabetically in the Domain Manager section of the Control Panel and for each one of them you will notice a mini padlock icon. Clicking on it will show you the present security lock status. If the domain is locked and you would like to transfer it away, you will just have to click once again and you’ll be all set. Locking a domain name is just as easy and since the domain names are managed in the very same place as the web hosting account itself, you will not need to log in and out of different admin dashboards.