Transferring an active domain involves switching the company that handles the registration service, so after the transfer, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS record updates through the new company. The transfer procedure is standard with most TLD extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain involves several necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a security feature, which is being embraced by more and more domain name registry organizations. It’s a default feature supported by all generic Top-Level Domains. If a domain is locked, it will not be possible to start a transfer process, so nobody can even try to take your domain. The lock can be removed only through the account where the domain name is registered and all new domains that support this feature are locked by default when they are registered.
Registrar Lock in Hosting
Locking and unlocking a domain name registered through us is unbelievably easy. This can be achieved through the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with our hosting, and will require literally two clicks of the mouse. All your domains will be listed 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 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 our company to do anything else for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites, so you can initiate the transfer process right away.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Locking or unlocking any domain name registered through us is remarkably easy and can be accomplished through the Hepsia Control Panel – the one via which you manage your semi-dedicated server. You will see all your domain names in the Domain Manager section and the ones whose extensions support the registrar lock feature will have a padlock-like icon next to them. You can unlock any domain name by clicking on its icon and since the change will propagate instantaneously, you will be able to continue with the domain transfer procedure without waiting for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites. If you reconsider your decision and opt not to transfer the domain name away from us, locking it again will be just as simple and will not take more than a few mouse clicks in your hosting Control Panel.