Transferring an active domain name involves changing the domain name registrar that handles the registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS resource record modifications through the new domain registrar. The transfer procedure is standard with most generic and country-code TLD extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and entail different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain involves a few necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The domain lock is a security option, which is being embraced by more and more domain registry operators. 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 process, so nobody can even try to steal your domain name. 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 functionality are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Web Hosting

If you get a Linux web hosting package from our company, you will be able to manage all domain names registered through us using our Hepsia Control Panel and you will be able to unlock any of them with just several clicks. All registrations will be shown alphabetically in the Domain Manager section of the Hepsia Control Panel and for each one of them you will see a tiny padlock symbol. Clicking on it will show you the present security lock status. If the domain name is locked and you wish to transfer it, you’ll just have to click for the second time and you will be all set. Locking a domain name is just as easy and since the domains are managed in the very same location as the web hosting account itself, you won’t have to log in and out of different admin consoles.