Transferring an active domain name entails switching the domain name registrar that provides the registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS record modifications through the new registrar. The transfer procedure is standard with most Top-Level Domain 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 name. The domain lock is a security feature, which is being embraced by more and more registry organizations. It’s a default feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain name is locked, it will not be possible to initiate a transfer procedure, so no one can even try to register your domain. The lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain name is registered in the first place and all new domain names that support this feature are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Shared Web Hosting

If you purchase a Linux shared web hosting package from our company, you’ll be able to administer all domain names registered through us using 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 shown in alphabetical order in the Domain Manager section of the Hepsia Control Panel and for each one of them you’ll see a tiny padlock icon. Clicking on it will show you the current security lock status. If the domain is locked and you want to transfer it, you will just need to click once more and you’ll be all set. Locking a domain name is just as easy and since the domain names are administered in the same location as the web hosting account itself, you won’t need to sign in and out of different admin dashboards.