Transferring an existing domain entails switching the company that handles the registration service, so after the transfer, you will have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS record modifications through the new domain registrar. The transfer process itself is standard with most domain extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails several necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The domain lock is a security feature, which is being adopted by more and more domain 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 initiate a transfer procedure, so no one can even try to steal your domain. The lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain is registered and all new domain names that support this option are locked by default the moment they are registered.
Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every shared hosting package that we offer, will give you absolute control over your domain names. You will see all domains registered through our company neatly displayed in alphabetical order in a separate section of the Control Panel. Those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a tiny padlock icon next to them. By clicking on the icon, you can find out if the specific domain name is locked or unlocked and you can change the present status by clicking again – the procedure is as straightforward as that. You won’t need to wait for the change to propagate or for our company to do anything, as the change of the status takes effect immediately, even if you see something different on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such sites to update the details that they show.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting
In case you’ve registered a domain name through us and you would like to transfer it away, you can easily unlock it through the very same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to manage your semi-dedicated server account. All registrations will be displayed in alphabetical order in your account and you’ll see a small padlock icon next to each domain there, as long as its extension supports the registrar lock option. You can find out if the domain is locked or not by clicking on this icon and update the present status by clicking on it once more. You can then go ahead and start the domain transfer right away without waiting for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup sites, as the update will propagate instantly without you or us having to do anything else.