Transferring an already registered domain entails switching the registrar company that provides the domain registration service, so after the transfer, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS resource record updates through the new registrar company. The transfer process is standard with most TLD extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain entails a few basic steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The domain lock is a security feature, which is being adopted by more and more registry organizations. It is a default feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain is locked, it will not be possible to initiate a transfer procedure, so no one can even attempt to take your domain. The lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain name is registered in the first place and all new domains that support this option are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Web Hosting

If you order a cloud web hosting from our company, you will be able to manage all domains registered through us via our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you’ll be able to unlock any of them with only a few clicks. All registrations will be listed in alphabetical order in the Domain Manager section of the hosting Control Panel and for each one of them you will see a mini padlock icon. Clicking it will show you the present security lock status. If the domain is locked and you wish to transfer it away, you’ll just have to click once again and that’s it. Locking a domain name is just as easy and since the domains are administered in the exact same place as the web hosting account itself, you will not have to log in and out of different platforms.