Transferring an already registered domain involves changing the domain name registrar that handles the domain registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS modifications through the new domain name registrar. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most universal and country-specific top-level domain name extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and entail different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain entails several basic steps and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a safety option, which is being adopted by more and more domain registry organizations. It is a standard feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain is locked, it won’t be possible to start a transfer procedure, so no one can even try to snatch your domain. 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 option are locked by default when they are registered.
Registrar Lock in Cloud Website Hosting
The Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with each and every cloud website hosting plan that we offer, will give you complete control over your domains. You’ll see 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 mini padlock icon on their right. By clicking on the icon, you can see if the given domain name is locked or unlocked and you can modify the current status by clicking again – the procedure is as straightforward as that. You will not have to wait for the change to propagate or for our company to do anything, as the change of the status takes effect instantly, even if you notice something else on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such sites to ‘refresh’ the info that they show.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting
In case you want to transfer a domain name from our company to another domain name registrar and you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to get the domain ready with just several clicks. All your domain registrations will be listed in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the same tool via which you will manage your hosting account. If a given gTLD or ccTLD supports the registrar lock option, you’ll see a padlock-like icon. You can see if the domain name is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can alter the status by clicking again. That’s all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or our company will have to do, so you can initiate the domain transfer process straight away. The change will take effect instantaneously, so you won’t need to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup websites.