Transferring an already registered domain entails changing the domain registrar that provides the domain name registration service, so after the transfer, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS modifications through the new domain name registrar. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most generic and country-code Top-Level Domain extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and entail different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name involves several necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a security feature, which is being embraced by more and more registry operators. It’s a default feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain name is locked, it will be impossible to start a transfer procedure, so nobody can even try to snatch your domain name. The domain lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain 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 Web Hosting

If you get a web hosting from our company, you will be able to manage all domains registered through us using our Hepsia Control Panel and you will be able to unlock any of them with just a few clicks of the mouse. All registrations will be listed alphabetically in the Domain Manager section of the hosting Control Panel and for each one of them you will notice a small padlock sign. Clicking on it will show you the current security lock status. If the domain is locked and you’d like to transfer it away, you’ll just have to click once more and you’ll be all set. Locking a domain is just as easy and since the domain names are managed in the very same location as the web hosting account itself, you won’t have to sign in and out of different Control Panel tools.