Transferring an already registered domain name involves changing the domain name registrar that provides the registration service, so after the transfer, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS resource record updates through the new registrar company. The transfer process itself is standard with most generic and country-code domain name extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain entails several basic steps and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The domain lock is a safety feature, which is being adopted by more and more domain name registry operators. It’s a standard feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain name is locked, it will not be possible to initiate a transfer process, so nobody can even attempt to register your domain. The lock can be removed only through the account where the domain is registered in the first place and all new domain names that support this feature are locked by default when they are registered.
Registrar Lock in Shared Website Hosting
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every shared website hosting plan that we offer, will give you full authority over your domains. You will find all domains registered through our company conveniently displayed in alphabetical order in a separate Control Panel section. Those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a mini padlock icon next to them. By clicking on the icon, you can find out if the particular domain name is locked or unlocked and you can change the present status by clicking again – the procedure is as straightforward as that. You will not have to wait for the update to propagate or for our company to do anything, as the status change takes effect immediately, even if you see something else on WHOIS lookup websites. After all, it takes time for such sites to ‘refresh’ the information that they display.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers
Locking or unlocking any domain registered through us is extremely easy and can be achieved through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel – the one via which you administer your semi-dedicated server. You will find all your domain names in the Domain Manager section and the ones whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a padlock icon on their right. You can unlock any domain by clicking on its icon and since the update will propagate instantaneously, you will be able to continue with the domain name transfer without having to wait for the registrar lock status to be updated on WHOIS websites. If you reconsider your decision and decide not to transfer the domain name away from our company, locking it again will be just as easy and will not require more than a few mouse clicks in your Control Panel.