Transferring an existing domain entails switching the registrar that handles the registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS entry updates through the new registrar company. The transfer procedure is standard with most universal and country-specific Top-Level Domain extensions. Some 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 name. The lock is a safety option, which is being adopted by more and more registry operators. It is a standard feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain name is locked, it will not be possible to start a transfer procedure, so nobody can even attempt to register your domain. The domain lock can be removed only through the account where the domain name is registered and all new domain names that support this feature are locked by default the moment they are registered.
Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting
The Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with each and every shared hosting package that we offer, will grant you total command over your domains. You’ll find all domain names registered through us conveniently displayed in alphabetical order in a separate Control Panel section. Those whose extensions support the domain lock option will have a tiny padlock icon next to them. By clicking the icon, you can see if the given domain name is locked or unlocked and you can modify the current status by clicking once more – the process is as simple as that. You will not have to wait for the change to propagate or for our company to do anything, as the status change takes effect immediately, even if you see something different on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such websites to update the info that they display.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers
Locking or unlocking any domain registered through us is very easy and can be achieved 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 name by clicking on its icon and since the change will take effect instantly, you’ll be able to initiate the domain transfer without the need to wait for the registrar lock status to be updated on WHOIS lookup websites. If you reconsider your decision and opt not to transfer the domain name away from our company, locking it once again will be just as easy and will not take more than a couple of clicks of the mouse in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel.