Transferring an already registered domain entails changing the registrar company that handles the registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS record updates through the new company. The transfer procedure is standard with most generic and country-code Top-Level Domain extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain involves a few basic procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a safety feature, which is being embraced by more and more domain registry operators. It is a standard feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain is locked, it won’t be possible to start a transfer process, so no one can even try to steal your domain name. The domain lock can be removed only through the account where the domain name is registered and all new domain names that support this feature are locked by default when they are registered.
Registrar Lock in Cloud Hosting
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is included with each and every cloud hosting package that we offer, will grant you absolute control over your domain names. You will find all domain names registered through us conveniently displayed in alphabetical order in a separate Control Panel section. Those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a tiny padlock icon next to them. By clicking on the icon, you can find out if the given domain name is locked or unlocked and you can modify the current status by clicking once more – the process is as straightforward as that. You will not need to wait for the change to propagate or for our company to do anything, as the status change takes effect immediately, even if you see something different on WHOIS lookup websites. After all, it takes time for such websites to update the details that they display.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting
In case you have registered a domain name through us and you would like to transfer it away, you can easily unlock it via the same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to administer your semi-dedicated server account. All domain name registrations will be shown in alphabetical order in your account and you will notice a tiny padlock icon next to each domain name there, as long as its generic or country-code extension supports the registrar lock option. You can see whether the domain name is locked or not by clicking on this icon and update the current status by clicking on it once more. You can then continue and initiate the transfer process right away without needing to wait for the status to change on WHOIS lookup sites, as the update will propagate instantaneously without you or us having to do anything else.