Transferring an already registered domain entails switching the domain name registrar that handles the registration service, so after the transfer, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS entry updates through the new domain name registrar. The transfer process itself 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 involves a few basic procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a safety 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 name is locked, it will not be possible to start a transfer process, so nobody can even attempt to register your domain. 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 option 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 accomplished through the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with our Linux cloud web hosting, and will require exactly two mouse clicks. All your domains will be displayed in alphabetical order in the Domain Manager section of the Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the registrar lock option, you will see a padlock-like logo. Click on it once and you’ll see the domain name’s present status. Click once again and you will change its status. The change will propagate instantaneously without the need for you or for our company to do anything else for the status to be ‘refreshed’ on WHOIS lookup websites, so you can proceed with the transfer right away.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting
In case you have registered a domain through our company and you’d like to transfer it, you can quickly unlock it through the very same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to administer your semi-dedicated server account. All domain name registrations will be shown alphabetically in your account and you will see a tiny padlock-like icon on the right side of each domain there, provided that its extension supports the registrar lock option. You can see if the domain is locked or not by clicking on this icon and update the current status by clicking on it again. You can then proceed and start the domain name transfer procedure straight away without waiting for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup websites, as the update will take effect instantly without you or us having to do anything else.