Transferring an active domain name entails changing the registrar company that handles the domain registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS record modifications through the new registrar. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most generic and country-code domain name 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 steps and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a safety option, which is being embraced by more and more domain name registry organizations. It’s a standard feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain is locked, it won’t be possible to start a transfer process, so nobody can even attempt to register your domain name. 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 feature are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting

With a shared plan from our company, you’ll exert absolute authority over your domains through our custom-built Hepsia Control Panel. You’ll be able to do anything you’d like, including locking & unlocking any of the domains registered here, provided that the particular TLD extension supports this option. Clicking on the padlock sign that you’ll notice next to any domain registered in your Hepsia Control Panel will show you its present status and clicking it for the second time will permit you to modify that status. If you’d like to transfer a domain name to another registrar company, you can start the procedure immediately. Since unlocking a domain name through your Control Panel will take effect immediately, no propagation period or any action on our end will be required. Locking a domain name is just as easy – you will just have to go through the very same steps.