Transferring an existing domain name involves switching 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 registrar. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most top-level domain name extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and entail different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain involves a few necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The domain lock is a safety feature, which is being adopted by more and more domain registry organizations. It is a default feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain name is locked, it will be impossible to initiate a transfer process, so no one can even try to take 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 functionality are locked by default the moment they are registered.
Registrar Lock in Cloud Web Hosting
The Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with each and every cloud web hosting plan that we offer, will grant you absolute authority over your domains. You’ll see all domains registered through our company 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 the icon, you can find out if the particular domain is locked or unlocked and you can update the current status by clicking once more – the process is as simple as that. You will not have to wait for the update to propagate or for our company to do anything, as the status change takes effect instantaneously, even if you notice something else on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such websites to ‘refresh’ the information that they show.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Managing your domains with our company is amazingly easy and the registrar lock feature makes no exception. If you have a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to manage the domains registered through our company using the very same Control Panel via which you will administer your web hosting account. For your convenience’s sake, the domain names will be displayed in alphabetical order and on the right you’ll notice a padlock-like icon if the particular domain supports the registrar lock option. If you click on the icon, you’ll see whether the specific domain is locked or not and you will be able to change this status by clicking once more. The status will change immediately and you’ll be able to initiate the domain transfer procedure without the need to wait for the change to be displayed on WHOIS lookup websites or for our company to do anything on our end.