Transferring an existing domain entails switching the company that handles the domain registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS resource record modifications through the new domain registrar. The transfer process itself is standard with most universal and country-specific Top-Level Domain extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and entail different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name involves a few necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The domain lock is a security option, which is being adopted by more and more domain name registry organizations. It is a standard feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain is locked, it will be impossible to start a transfer procedure, so nobody can even try to steal your domain name. The lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain is registered and all new domains that support this feature are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Hosting

With a cloud hosting from our company, you’ll exercise absolute control over your domain names through our custom-developed Hepsia Control Panel. You’ll be able to do anything you’d like, including locking and unlocking any of the domains registered here, as long as the specific top-level domain name extension supports this option. Clicking on the padlock icon that you will notice next to any domain registered in your Hepsia Control Panel will show you its current status and clicking on it once again will permit you to alter that status. If you’d like to transfer a domain to another domain name registrar, you can start the process instantaneously. Since unlocking a domain through your Hepsia Control Panel will take effect instantly, no propagation time or any action on our end will be needed. Locking a domain name is just as easy – you will just have to complete the exact same steps.