Transferring an existing domain entails changing the registrar company that provides the domain 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 process is standard with most universal and country-specific TLD extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain name involves a few necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The domain lock is a security option, which is being adopted by more and more domain name registry organizations. It is a standard feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain is locked, it will not be possible to start a transfer process, so nobody can even try to register your domain. The domain lock can be removed 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 Web Hosting
With a web hosting from us, you’ll exercise total command over your domain names through our custom-created Hepsia Control Panel. You’ll be able to do anything you would like, including locking & unlocking any of the domain names registered through us, as long as the specific domain name extension supports this feature. Clicking the padlock logo that you will see next to any domain name registered in your Hepsia Control Panel will show you its current status and clicking on it once more will permit you to change that status. In case you’d like to transfer a domain name to another registrar company, you can initiate the procedure immediately. Since unlocking a domain name through your Hepsia Control Panel will take effect instantly, no propagation time or any action on our end will be required. Locking a domain is just as easy – you’ll just have to go through the very same steps.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers
Managing your domains with our company is extremely easy and the registrar lock option makes no exception. In case you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you will be able to manage the domains registered through us using the exact same Control Panel via which you will manage your web hosting account. For your convenience, the domain names will be shown in alphabetical order and on the right you will notice a padlock-like icon in case the particular domain supports the registrar lock option. If you click on the icon, you will find out if the specific domain name is locked or not and you’ll be able to alter this status by clicking once more. The status will be updated immediately and you’ll be able to initiate the domain name transfer without the need to wait for the update to be displayed on WHOIS lookup sites or for our company to do anything on our end.