Transferring an already registered domain involves switching the domain name registrar that handles the domain registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS entry modifications through the new registrar company. The transfer procedure is standard with most gTLD and ccTLD extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain name involves several basic procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a safety option, which is being embraced by more and more registry organizations. It’s a default feature supported by all generic Top-Level Domains. If a domain is locked, it will not be possible to start a transfer process, so nobody can even try to steal your domain. The lock can be removed only through the account where the domain name is registered in the first place and all new domain names that support this functionality are locked by default the moment they are registered.
Registrar Lock in Shared Web Hosting
Locking and unlocking a domain name registered through our company is exceptionally easy. This can be accomplished through the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with our Linux shared web hosting service, and will take exactly two clicks of the mouse. All your domain names will be displayed alphabetically in the Domain Manager section of the Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the registrar lock option, you’ll notice a padlock-like icon. Click on it once and you will see the domain’s current status. Click once again and you will alter its status. The change will propagate instantaneously without the need for you or for our company to do anything else for the status to be ‘refreshed’ on WHOIS lookup websites, so you can go ahead with the transfer procedure right away.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers
Managing your domain names with our company is unbelievably easy and the registrar lock feature makes no exception. In case you have a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to manage the domain names registered through our company using the exact same Control Panel via which you will manage your hosting account. For your convenience’s sake, the domain names will be listed alphabetically and on the right you’ll see a padlock-like icon in case the particular domain supports the registrar lock option. If you click the icon, you will see whether the specific domain name is locked or not and you will be able to alter this status by clicking once more. The status will be updated momentarily and you will be able to start the transfer procedure without the need to wait for the update to appear on WHOIS lookup sites or for us to do anything on our end.