Transferring an active domain name involves changing the domain registrar that handles the registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS resource record modifications through the new domain registrar. The transfer process itself is standard with most generic and country-code domain extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails a few basic procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a security option, which is being adopted by more and more domain name registry organizations. It’s a default feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain is locked, it won’t be possible to start a transfer procedure, so nobody can even try to take your domain name. The lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain name is registered in the first place and all new domain names that support this feature are locked by default the moment they are registered.
Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting
If you buy a shared hosting plan from our company, you’ll be able to administer all domains registered through us using our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you will be able to unlock any of them with only several clicks. All registrations will be shown alphabetically in the Domain Manager section of the Hepsia Control Panel and for each one of them you will see a small padlock logo. Clicking on it will show you the current security lock status. If the domain name is locked and you would like to transfer it, you’ll just need to click once again and that’s it. Locking a domain name is just as easy and since the domain names are managed in the same place as the hosting account itself, you will not have to sign in and out of different admin consoles.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers
Locking or unlocking any domain name registered through us is exceptionally easy and can be done through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel – the one via which you manage your semi-dedicated server. You will find all your domains in the Domain Manager section and the ones whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a padlock-like icon next to them. You can unlock any domain by clicking on its icon and since the update will propagate momentarily, you will be able to initiate the domain transfer procedure without needing to wait for the lock status to be updated on WHOIS lookup websites. If you change your mind and decide not to transfer the domain away from us, locking it once again will be just as simple and will not take more than several clicks in your Control Panel.