Transferring an existing domain entails switching the domain registrar that provides the registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS modifications through the new registrar. The transfer process is standard with most domain extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails a few necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a safety option, which is being embraced by more and more registry organizations. It’s a default feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain is locked, it won’t be possible to start a transfer procedure, so nobody can even attempt to take your domain. The lock can be removed only through the account where the domain is registered in the first place and all new domains that support this option are locked by default the moment they are registered.
Registrar Lock in Shared Website Hosting
With a shared website hosting from our company, you will exert total control over your domains through our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You’ll be able to do anything you’d like, including locking and unlocking any of the domains registered through us, as long as the particular top-level domain name extension supports this feature. Clicking on the padlock logo that you’ll see next to any domain name registered in your Hepsia Control Panel will show you its present status and clicking it for the second time will permit you to update that status. In case you’d like to transfer a domain to another domain registrar, you can initiate the procedure instantly. Since unlocking a domain through your Control Panel will take effect instantaneously, no propagation period or any action on our end will be needed. Locking a domain is just as easy – you will just need to follow the very same steps.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers
Locking or unlocking any domain name registered through our company is exceptionally easy and can be achieved through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel – the one via which you manage your semi-dedicated server. You’ll find all your domain names in the Registered Domains section and the ones whose extensions support the registrar lock feature will have a padlock icon next to them. You can unlock any domain name by clicking on its icon and since the change will propagate straight away, you will be able to start the transfer without waiting for the lock status to be changed on WHOIS lookup websites. If you change your mind and opt 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 of the mouse in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel.