Transferring an already registered domain involves changing the registrar company 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 registrar company. The transfer procedure is standard with most generic and country-code top-level domain name extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and entail different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name involves a few basic procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a security feature, which is being adopted by more and more domain name registry organizations. It’s a default feature supported by all generic Top-Level Domains. If a domain name is locked, it will be impossible to start a transfer process, so nobody can even try to take your domain. The lock can be removed 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 the moment they are registered.
Registrar Lock in Cloud Website Hosting
The Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with each and every cloud website hosting plan that we offer, will grant you absolute authority over your domain names. You’ll find all domains registered through us neatly listed in alphabetical order in a separate section of the Control Panel. Those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a small padlock icon next to them. By clicking the icon, you can find out if the given domain name is locked or unlocked and you can update the present status by clicking again – the procedure is as straightforward as that. You won’t have to wait for the update to take effect or for our company to do anything, as the change of the status takes effect instantaneously, even if you notice something else on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such sites to update the info that they show.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Locking or unlocking any domain registered through us is exceptionally easy and can be done through the Hepsia Control Panel – the one via which you administer your semi-dedicated server. You will see all your domains in the Registered Domains section and the ones whose extensions support the registrar lock feature will have a padlock icon next to them. You can unlock any domain by clicking on its icon and since the change will propagate instantaneously, you’ll be able to proceed with the domain transfer without needing to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS sites. If you change your mind and decide not to transfer the domain away from our company, locking it once again will be just as simple and will not take more than a few mouse clicks in your Control Panel.