Transferring an existing domain involves switching the company that handles the registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS updates 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 involves a few basic procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a security option, which is being adopted by more and more domain name registry organizations. It is a default feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain is locked, it will not be possible to start a transfer process, so no one can even try to take your domain name. The domain lock can be removed only through the account where the domain name is registered in the first place and all new domain names that support this functionality are locked by default the moment they are registered.
Registrar Lock in Shared Website Hosting
If you get a Linux shared website hosting from our company, you’ll be able to manage all domains registered through us via our Hepsia Control Panel and you’ll be able to unlock any of them with only a few clicks of the mouse. All registrations will be displayed alphabetically in the Domain Manager section of the hosting Control Panel and for each one of them you will see a small padlock sign. Clicking on it will show you the present security lock status. If the domain name is locked and you want to transfer it, you’ll just need to click once again and that’s it. Locking a domain name is just as easy and since the domains are administered in the very same location as the web hosting account itself, you will not need to sign in and out of different Control Panels.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Locking or unlocking any domain name registered through our company is truly 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 domains in the Registered Domains section and the ones whose extensions support the registrar lock feature will have a padlock icon on their right. You can unlock any domain by clicking on its icon and since the change will take effect straight away, you’ll be able to proceed with the domain name transfer process without the need to wait for the lock status to be changed on WHOIS sites. If you reconsider your decision and choose not to transfer the domain name away from our company, locking it once again will be just as easy and will not take more than a few clicks of the mouse in your hosting Control Panel.