Transferring an already registered domain entails switching the company that handles the domain registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS modifications through the new domain registrar. The transfer process is standard with most gTLD and ccTLD extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails a few necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a safety feature, which is being embraced by more and more registry organizations. It’s a standard feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain name is locked, it will be impossible to start 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 and all new domains that support this feature are locked by default the moment they are registered.
Registrar Lock in Cloud Website Hosting
Locking and unlocking a domain name registered through us is really easy. This can be done through the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with our cloud website hosting, and will require literally two mouse clicks. All your domains will be listed in alphabetical order in the Registered Domains section of the Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the registrar lock option, you’ll notice a padlock-like symbol. Click on it once and you’ll see the domain’s present status. Click for the second time and you will alter its status. The update will propagate instantaneously without the need for you or for us to do anything else for the status to be ‘refreshed’ on WHOIS lookup websites, so you can proceed with the transfer straight away.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you’ve registered a domain through our company and you wish to transfer it away, you can easily unlock it through the same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to manage your semi-dedicated server account. All registrations will be shown alphabetically in your account and you’ll notice a tiny padlock-like icon on the right side of each domain name there, on the condition that its extension supports the registrar lock feature. You can find out if the domain name is locked or not by clicking on this icon and change the present status by clicking on it once more. You can then proceed and start the domain transfer right away without having to wait for the status to change on WHOIS lookup websites, as the update will take effect immediately without you or us having to do anything else.