Transferring an already registered domain involves changing the domain 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 is standard with most universal and country-specific top-level domain name extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and entail different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain name involves several necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The domain lock is a safety option, which is being adopted by more and more domain registry operators. It is a standard feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain is locked, it won’t be possible to start a transfer procedure, so no one can even try to steal your domain name. The domain lock can be removed 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 Cloud Hosting
The Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with each and every cloud hosting package that we offer, will give you absolute control over your domain names. You’ll see all domains registered through us conveniently displayed in alphabetical order in a separate Control Panel section. Those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a small padlock icon on their right. By clicking on the icon, you can see if the given domain name is locked or unlocked and you can alter the present status by clicking once more – the procedure is as simple as that. You will not need to wait for the update to take effect or for our company to do anything, as the status change takes effect instantaneously, even if you notice something else on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such websites to update the info that they show.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you’d like to transfer a domain from our company to another registrar and you have a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to get the domain name ready with just a few clicks of the mouse. All your domains will be listed in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the exact same tool via which you will manage your hosting account. If a given gTLD or ccTLD supports the registrar lock option, you will notice a padlock icon. You can find out whether the domain name is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can update the status by clicking once again. This is all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or our company will need to do, so you can initiate the transfer procedure straight away. The change will propagate immediately, so you will not need to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup sites.