Transferring an existing domain entails switching the registrar company that handles the registration service, so after the transfer, you will have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS resource record updates 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 steps, but in the general case transferring a domain name involves several necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a safety option, which is being adopted by more and more domain registry operators. It is a standard feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain name is locked, it will not be possible to start a transfer process, so nobody can even attempt to take 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 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 complete command over your domain names. You’ll see all domains registered through us conveniently listed in alphabetical order in a separate section of the Control Panel. Those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a mini padlock icon on their right. By clicking on the icon, you can see if the given domain is locked or unlocked and you can change the current status by clicking again – the process is as straightforward as that. You will not have to wait for the update to propagate or for our company to do anything, as the change of the status takes effect momentarily, even if you see something different on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such sites to update the details that they display.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Locking or unlocking any domain name registered through us is incredibly easy and can be done through the Hepsia Control Panel – the one via which you administer your semi-dedicated server. You will find all your domain names in the Registered Domains section and those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a padlock icon next to them. You can unlock any domain name by clicking on its icon and since the change will propagate right away, you will be able to initiate the transfer process without waiting for the lock status to be updated on WHOIS sites. If you change your mind and opt not to transfer the domain away from our company, locking it once again will be just as simple and will not require more than a few clicks of the mouse in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel.