Transferring an already registered domain name entails switching the domain registrar that handles the domain name registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS record updates through the new company. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most generic and country-code TLD extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and entail different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain involves several necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a safety option, which is being embraced by more and more domain registry organizations. It is a standard 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 try to steal your domain name. The domain lock can be removed only through the account where the domain name is registered in the first place and all new domains that support this feature are locked by default the moment they are registered.
Registrar Lock in Web Hosting
If you order a web hosting plan from our company, you’ll be able to manage all domains registered through us via our Hepsia Control Panel and you’ll be able to unlock any of them with only a couple of clicks. All registrations will be shown in alphabetical order in the Domain Manager section of the Hepsia Control Panel and for each one of them you will see a mini padlock logo. Clicking on it will show you the current security lock status. If the domain is locked and you’d like to transfer it, you will just have to click once more and you will be all set. Locking a domain name is just as easy and since the domains are administered in the exact same place as the hosting account itself, you will not need to log in and out of different Control Panel tools.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers
Managing your domains with us is really easy and the registrar lock option is not an exception. If you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you will be able to administer the domain names registered through us using the exact same Control Panel via which you will manage your web hosting account. For your convenience’s sake, the domains will be shown alphabetically and on the right you’ll see a padlock-like icon in case the given domain name supports the registrar lock option. If you click on the icon, you will see if the particular domain name is locked or not and you’ll be able to modify this status by clicking once again. The status will change momentarily and you’ll be able to start the transfer without needing to wait for the update to be shown on WHOIS lookup sites or for our company to do anything on our end.