Transferring an already registered domain entails changing the registrar that provides the domain registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS record modifications through the new company. The transfer procedure is standard with most generic and country-code domain name extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and entail different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain entails several necessary procedures 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 organizations. It’s a default feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain name is locked, it will be impossible to initiate a transfer process, so nobody can even try to take your domain name. The domain 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 feature are locked by default when they are registered.
Registrar Lock in Cloud Web Hosting
Locking and unlocking a domain name registered through us is extremely easy. This can be accomplished through the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with our Linux cloud web hosting, and will require literally two clicks. All your domain names will be listed in alphabetical order in the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the domain lock option, you will see a padlock-like sign. Click on it once and you’ll notice the current status of the domain name. Click once more and you will alter its status. The update will take effect immediately without the need for you or for us to do anything else for the status to be ‘refreshed’ on WHOIS lookup sites, so you can continue with the transfer process straight away.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you’d like to transfer a domain from our company to another domain name registrar and you have a semi-dedicated server account, you will be able to get the domain name ready with only a few clicks of the mouse. All your domain registrations will be listed in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the very same tool via which you’ll administer your web hosting account. If a particular generic or country-code TLD supports the registrar lock option, you’ll notice a padlock-like icon. You can see whether the domain name is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can modify the status by clicking once more. That’s all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or our company will need to do, so you can initiate the domain transfer straight away. The update will propagate momentarily, so you won’t need to wait for the status to change on WHOIS lookup websites.