Transferring an already registered domain name involves changing the domain registrar that handles the domain name registration service, so after the transfer, you’ll have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS modifications through the new registrar company. The transfer procedure is standard with most Top-Level Domain extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain entails several basic steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a safety option, which is being adopted by more and more registry operators. It’s a standard feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain is locked, it won’t be possible to initiate a transfer procedure, so no one can even try to take your domain name. 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 option are locked by default when they are registered.
Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting
Locking and unlocking a domain name registered through our company is incredibly easy. This can be accomplished through the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with our Linux shared hosting, and will require exactly two mouse clicks. All your domain names will be listed in alphabetical order in the Registered Domains section of the Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the registrar lock option, you will notice a padlock-like icon. Click on it once and you will see the current status of the domain. Click again and you will change its status. The update will take effect instantly without the need for you or for our company to do anything else for the status to be ‘refreshed’ on WHOIS lookup sites, so you can continue with the transfer right away.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you wish to transfer a domain name from our company to another registrar and you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to get the domain name ready with just several mouse clicks. All your domain registrations will be listed in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the exact same tool via which you will administer your web hosting account. If a specific generic or country-code TLD supports the registrar lock feature, you’ll notice a padlock icon. You can see if the domain name is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can update the status by clicking once again. That’s all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or we will need to do, so you can initiate the transfer right away. The update will take effect instantly, so you won’t have to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup websites.