Transferring an already registered domain involves changing the registrar that provides the domain name registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS modifications through the new company. The transfer procedure is standard with most universal and country-specific domain name extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails a few basic procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a safety feature, which is being adopted by more and more registry operators. It is a default feature supported by all generic Top-Level Domains. If a domain is locked, it won’t be possible to initiate a transfer procedure, so nobody can even try to register your domain. The lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain is registered and all new domains that support this functionality are locked by default the moment they are registered.
Registrar Lock in Website Hosting
Locking and unlocking a domain name registered through our company is exceptionally easy. This can be achieved through the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with our website hosting, and will take exactly two clicks of the mouse. All your domain names will be shown alphabetically in the Domain Manager section of the Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the domain lock option, you’ll notice a padlock-like sign. Click on it once and you’ll notice the domain name’s present status. Click once more and you will alter its status. The update will propagate instantly without the need for you or for our company to do anything else for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup websites, so you can proceed with the transfer procedure straight away.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers
Managing your domains with our company is very easy and the registrar lock option is not an exception. In case you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you will be able to manage the domain names registered through us using the very same Control Panel via which you’ll manage your web hosting account. For your convenience’s sake, the domain names will be shown in alphabetical order and on the right you will notice 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 will be able to change this status by clicking once more. The status will change instantly and you will be able to start the domain transfer process without needing to wait for the change to appear on WHOIS lookup sites or for us to do anything on our end.