Transferring an active domain name entails switching the company that provides the domain name registration service, so after the transfer, you will have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS record updates through the new registrar company. The transfer process is standard with most universal and country-specific domain name extensions. Some 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. The lock is a security option, which is being adopted by more and more domain registry operators. It’s a default feature supported by all generic Top-Level Domains. If a domain name is locked, it won’t be possible to start a transfer procedure, so no one can even attempt to take your domain. The lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain name is registered and all new domain names that support this functionality are locked by default the moment they are registered.
Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting
With a shared hosting from us, you will exert absolute control over your domains through our custom-created Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You’ll be able to do anything you’d like, including locking/unlocking any of the domain names registered here, as long as the specific TLD extension supports this feature. Clicking on the padlock symbol that you will notice next to any domain name registered in your Control Panel will show you its present status and clicking on it for the second time will enable you to alter that status. In case you want to transfer a domain to another registrar, you can start the process instantaneously. Since unlocking a domain name through your Hepsia Control Panel will take effect instantly, no propagation time or any action on our end will be needed. Locking a domain name is just as easy – you will just have to follow the exact same steps.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers
Locking or unlocking any domain name registered through us is remarkably easy and can be done through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel – the one via which you manage your semi-dedicated server. You will see all your domains in the Domain Manager section and the ones whose extensions support the registrar lock feature will have a padlock-like icon on their right. You can unlock any domain by clicking on its icon and since the change will take effect immediately, you will be able to start the domain name transfer without the need to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS websites. If you reconsider your decision and choose not to transfer the domain name away from our company, locking it again will be just as simple and will not require more than several clicks of the mouse in your Hepsia Control Panel.