Transferring an already registered domain entails switching the registrar that provides the domain registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS resource record modifications through the new domain name registrar. The transfer procedure is standard with most generic and country-code top-level domain name extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name involves several necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a safety option, which is being adopted by more and more registry operators. It’s a standard feature supported by all generic Top-Level Domains. If a domain is locked, it won’t be possible to initiate a transfer process, so no one can even attempt to steal your domain name. The lock can be removed only through the account where the domain is registered and all new domains that support this feature are locked by default the moment they are registered.
Registrar Lock in Hosting
The Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with each and every hosting package that we offer, will grant you total authority over your domain names. You’ll find all domain names registered through our company neatly displayed in alphabetical order in a separate section of the Control Panel. Those whose extensions support the domain lock option will have a mini padlock icon on their right. By clicking on the icon, you can see if the particular domain name is locked or unlocked and you can change the present status by clicking once more – the procedure is as straightforward as that. You will not have to wait for the change to propagate or for our company to do anything, as the status change takes effect instantly, even if you see something else on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such sites to ‘refresh’ the details that they show.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting
In case you want to transfer a domain name from our company to another registrar company and you have a semi-dedicated server account, you will be able to get the domain ready with only a few mouse clicks. All your domain registrations will be displayed in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the very same tool via which you will manage your hosting account. If a specific generic or country-code TLD supports the registrar lock feature, you’ll notice a padlock-like icon. You can see whether the domain is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can modify the status by clicking for a second time. This is all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or we will have to do, so you can proceed with the domain transfer procedure straight away. The update will propagate instantly, so you will not have to wait for the status to change on WHOIS lookup sites.