Transferring an existing domain involves switching the domain name registrar that handles the domain name registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS modifications through the new company. The transfer process is standard with most generic and country-code domain extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and entail different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name involves several necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a security feature, which is being embraced by more and more domain name registry operators. It is a standard feature supported by all generic Top-Level Domains. If a domain name is locked, it won’t be possible to initiate a transfer process, so no one can even attempt to register your domain. The lock can be annulled 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 when they are registered.
Registrar Lock in Hosting
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every hosting package that we offer, will grant you total authority over your domains. You’ll see all domains registered through us neatly listed in alphabetical order in a separate section of the Control Panel. Those whose extensions support the domain lock option will have a tiny padlock icon on their right. By clicking the icon, you can see if the specific domain is locked or unlocked and you can modify the present status by clicking once again – the procedure is as simple as that. You will not have to wait for the update to take effect or for our company to do anything, as the change of the status takes effect instantaneously, even if you notice something different on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such sites to ‘refresh’ the info that they show.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting
In case you have registered a domain name through us and you wish to transfer it away, you can easily unlock it via the same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to manage your semi-dedicated server account. All registrations will be displayed alphabetically in your account and you will see a mini padlock icon next to each domain name there, as long as its extension supports the registrar lock feature. You can find out whether the domain is locked or not by clicking on this icon and change the current status by clicking on it once more. You can then proceed and initiate the domain name transfer process right away without the need to wait for the status to change on WHOIS lookup websites, as the update will take effect instantaneously without you or us having to do anything else.