Transferring an existing domain entails changing the domain registrar that handles the domain registration service, so after the transfer, you’ll have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS record updates through the new company. The transfer procedure is standard with most generic and country-code domain extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails several basic steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The domain lock is a security option, which is being adopted by more and more registry organizations. It is a default feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain name is locked, it will be impossible to initiate a transfer process, so nobody can even try to register your domain. The lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain is registered in the first place and all new domains that support this feature are locked by default the moment they are registered.
Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting
Locking and unlocking a domain registered through us is unbelievably easy. This can be achieved through the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with our Linux shared hosting, and will require literally two mouse clicks. All your domains will be shown alphabetically in the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the registrar lock option, you’ll see a padlock-like logo. Click on it once and you will see the current status of the domain. Click once again and you’ll alter its status. The update will propagate instantaneously without the need for you or for us to do anything else for the status to be ‘refreshed’ on WHOIS lookup websites, so you can continue with the transfer process straight away.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Administering your domains with our company is exceptionally easy and the registrar lock option is not an exception. If you’ve got 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 administer your hosting account. For the sake of convenience, the domain names will be shown in alphabetical order and on the right you will notice a padlock-like icon in case the given domain name supports the registrar lock option. If you click the icon, you will see whether the particular domain is locked or not and you’ll be able to modify this status by clicking once again. The status will be updated momentarily and you will be able to initiate the domain transfer procedure without the need to wait for the change to be displayed on WHOIS lookup sites or for our company to do anything on our end.