Transferring an already registered domain name involves switching the domain registrar that provides the domain registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS record modifications through the new domain registrar. The transfer procedure is standard with most TLD extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain entails a few necessary steps 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 initiate a transfer process, so no one can even attempt to snatch 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 when they are registered.
Registrar Lock in Cloud Website Hosting
The Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with each and every cloud website hosting plan that we offer, will grant you complete control over your domain names. You will see all domain names registered through our company conveniently listed in alphabetical order in a separate section of the Control Panel. Those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a mini padlock icon next to them. By clicking on the icon, you can see if the specific domain is locked or unlocked and you can alter the current status by clicking once more – the procedure is as straightforward as that. You will not need to wait for the change to take effect or for our company to do anything, as the change of the status takes effect momentarily, even if you notice something different on WHOIS lookup websites. After all, it takes time for such websites to ‘refresh’ the info that they display.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting
In case you’d like to transfer a domain from our company to another domain name registrar and you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you will be able to get the domain name ready with just a few mouse clicks. All your domain registrations will be listed in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the same tool via which you’ll manage your web hosting account. If a specific gTLD or ccTLD supports the registrar lock feature, you will see a padlock-like icon. You can see if the domain is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can alter the status by clicking once more. 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 name transfer straight away. The change will take effect immediately, so you will not need to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup sites.