Transferring an active domain name entails switching the registrar that provides the domain registration service, so after the transfer, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS resource record updates through the new domain registrar. The transfer process is standard with most generic and country-code top-level domain name extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and entail different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name involves a few basic steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a security option, which is being adopted by more and more registry organizations. It’s a default feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain is locked, it will be impossible to initiate a transfer process, so nobody can even attempt to register your domain name. The domain lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain is registered and all new domain names that support this functionality are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Website Hosting

If you get a website 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 of the mouse. All registrations will be shown in alphabetical order in the Domain Manager section of the hosting Control Panel and for each one of them you’ll notice a small padlock symbol. Clicking 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 once more and you will be all set. Locking a domain name is just as easy and since the domain names are managed in the same place as the web hosting account itself, you won’t need to sign in and out of different admin panels.