Transferring an existing domain name entails changing the company that provides the registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS resource record modifications through the new registrar company. The transfer procedure 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 involves a few basic procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The domain lock is a security option, which is being embraced by more and more domain name registry operators. It is a default feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain name is locked, it will be impossible to start a transfer process, so no one can even try to register your domain. The domain lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain name is registered in the first place and all new domain names that support this feature are locked by default when they are registered.
Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting
The Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with each and every shared hosting plan that we offer, will give you total command over your domain names. You will see all domains registered through our company neatly listed in alphabetical order in a separate Control Panel section. Those whose extensions support the domain lock option will have a small padlock icon next to them. By clicking the icon, you can find out if the given domain is locked or unlocked and you can update the present status by clicking once again – the procedure is as straightforward as that. You won’t need to wait for the update to propagate or for our company to do anything, as the status change takes effect momentarily, even if you see something else on WHOIS lookup websites. After all, it takes time for such websites to ‘refresh’ the details that they show.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Locking or unlocking any domain name registered through us is amazingly easy and can be accomplished through the Hepsia Control Panel – the one via which you manage your semi-dedicated server. You’ll find all your domains in the Registered Domains section and those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a padlock-like icon next to them. You can unlock any domain by clicking on its icon and since the update will propagate straight away, you will be able to continue with the transfer without having to wait for the status to change on WHOIS sites. If you reconsider your decision and choose not to transfer the domain name away from our company, locking it again will be just as easy and will not take more than a few clicks in your Control Panel.