Transferring an existing domain name involves changing the registrar that handles the domain registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS entry updates through the new registrar company. The transfer process is standard with most generic and country-code top-level domain name extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails a few basic steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The domain lock is a security option, which is being adopted by more and more domain name registry operators. 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 process, so nobody can even try to snatch 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 feature are locked by default when they are registered.
Registrar Lock in Cloud Web Hosting
Locking and unlocking a domain name registered through our company is extremely easy. This can be done through the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with our Linux cloud web hosting, and will require literally two clicks. All your domains will be listed in alphabetical order in the Registered Domains section of the Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the domain lock option, you will notice a padlock-like icon. Click on it once and you will see the domain’s present status. Click once more and you’ll change its status. The update will propagate immediately without the need for you or for our company to do anything else for the status to be ‘refreshed’ on WHOIS lookup sites, so you can initiate the transfer right away.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting
In case you’ve registered a domain name through us and you wish to transfer it away, you can easily unlock it through the very same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to administer your semi-dedicated server account. All registrations will be listed alphabetically in your account and you will see a tiny padlock-like icon on the right side of each domain there, on the condition that its generic or country-code extension supports the registrar lock option. You can find out whether the domain name is locked or not by clicking on this icon and modify the current status by clicking on it once again. You can then continue and initiate the domain transfer right away without waiting for the status to change on WHOIS lookup websites, as the update will propagate immediately without you or us having to do anything else.