Transferring an existing domain entails changing the domain registrar that handles the domain 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 procedure itself is standard with most generic and country-code domain extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and entail different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain name involves a few necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a security option, which is being adopted by more and more domain name registry organizations. It is a standard feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain name is locked, it will not be possible to start a transfer process, so no one can even attempt to snatch your domain. The lock can be removed 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 Web Hosting
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every shared web hosting plan that we offer, will give you complete command over your domains. You will find all domain names registered through our company neatly displayed in alphabetical order in a separate Control Panel section. Those whose extensions support the domain lock option will have a small padlock icon on their right. By clicking the icon, you can see if the particular domain is locked or unlocked and you can change the present status by clicking once more – the procedure is as simple as that. You will not need to wait for the update to take effect or for our company to do anything, as the change of the status takes effect momentarily, even if you notice something different on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such sites to update the information that they display.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you have registered a domain through us and you’d like to transfer it away, you can quickly unlock it through the very same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to manage your semi-dedicated server account. All domain registrations will be listed alphabetically in your account and you’ll notice a mini padlock icon on the right side of each domain name there, on the condition that its extension supports the registrar lock option. You can see whether the domain is locked or not by clicking on this icon and update the current status by clicking on it again. You can then proceed and start the domain transfer procedure straight away without having to wait for the status to change on WHOIS lookup websites, as the update will propagate instantaneously without you or us having to do anything else.