Transferring an active domain name entails changing the domain name registrar that handles the domain name registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS modifications through the new registrar. The transfer process itself is standard with most TLD extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and entail different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails a few basic steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The domain lock is a safety feature, which is being embraced by more and more domain registry organizations. It is a default feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain name is locked, it will not be possible to start a transfer process, so no one can even try to register your domain name. The domain lock can be removed only through the account where the domain is registered and all new domain names that support this option are locked by default the moment they are registered.
Registrar Lock in Shared Website Hosting
Locking and unlocking a domain registered through us is really easy. This can be accomplished through the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with our Linux shared website hosting packages, and will require literally two clicks of the mouse. All your domains 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 see a padlock-like icon. Click on it once and you’ll notice the domain name’s present status. Click once more and you’ll change its status. The update will take effect immediately without the need for you or for our company to do anything else for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup websites, so you can go ahead with the transfer process right away.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you would like to transfer a domain name from our company to another domain name registrar and you have a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to get the domain name ready with only a few mouse clicks. All your domain registrations will be shown in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the same tool via which you’ll manage your web hosting account. If a specific gTLD or ccTLD supports the registrar lock feature, you will notice a padlock icon. You can see if the domain is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can modify the status by clicking once more. This is 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 procedure right away. The change will take effect instantly, so you won’t have to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup websites.