Transferring an existing domain name involves changing the company that handles the domain registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS modifications through the new registrar. The transfer process itself is standard with most universal and country-specific domain name extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve 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 lock is a safety option, which is being adopted by more and more registry organizations. It’s a standard feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain is locked, it will not be possible to initiate a transfer process, so nobody can even attempt to steal your domain. The domain lock can be removed only through the account where the domain is registered and all new domains that support this functionality are locked by default when they are registered.
Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting
With a shared hosting plan from us, you will have absolute command over your domains through our custom-developed Hepsia Control Panel. You will be able to do anything you would like, including locking/unlocking any of the domain names registered through us, as long as the specific top-level domain name extension supports this feature. Clicking on the padlock icon that you’ll find next to any domain registered in your Hepsia Control Panel will show you its present status and clicking it once more will allow you to alter that status. In case you’d like to transfer a domain to another domain registrar, you can start the procedure instantaneously. Since unlocking a domain through your Control Panel will take effect momentarily, no propagation period or any action on our end will be required. Locking a domain name is just as easy – you will just have to go through the exact same steps.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers
Administering your domain names with us is incredibly easy and the registrar lock feature makes no exception. If you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to manage the domains registered through us using the same Control Panel via which you will manage your web hosting account. For the sake of convenience, the domains will be listed in alphabetical order and on the right you’ll see a padlock-like icon if the particular domain name supports the registrar lock feature. If you click on the icon, you will find out if the particular domain is locked or not and you’ll be able to change this status by clicking again. The status will be updated straight away and you’ll be able to start the domain name transfer process without having to wait for the change to be displayed on WHOIS lookup websites or for us to do anything on our end.