Transferring an active domain name involves changing the registrar company that provides the registration service, so after the transfer, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS updates through the new company. The transfer process itself is standard with most 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 basic steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The domain lock is a safety feature, which is being adopted by more and more domain registry operators. It is a standard feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain is locked, it will not be possible to start a transfer process, so nobody can even try to snatch your domain. The lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain name is registered and all new domains that support this option are locked by default the moment they are registered.
Registrar Lock in Web Hosting
Locking and unlocking a domain name registered through our company is extremely easy. This can be achieved through the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with our Linux web hosting packages, and will require literally two clicks. All your domains will be shown alphabetically in the Registered Domains section of the Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the domain lock option, you’ll notice a padlock-like logo. Click on it once and you will see the domain name’s present status. Click once again and you will change its status. The change will take effect instantly without the need for you or for us to do anything else for the status to be ‘refreshed’ on WHOIS lookup websites, so you can continue with the transfer straight away.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you wish to transfer a domain name from our company to another registrar company and you have a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to get the domain ready with just a couple of mouse clicks. All your domains will be listed in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the very same tool via which you will manage your web hosting account. If a specific generic or country-code TLD supports the registrar lock feature, you will see a padlock-like icon. You can see whether the domain is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can alter the status by clicking again. This is all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or our company will have to do, so you can go ahead with the domain name transfer process right away. The update will propagate instantaneously, so you will not have to wait for the status to change on WHOIS lookup websites.