Transferring an existing domain name involves switching the registrar that provides 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 domain registrar. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most universal and country-specific Top-Level Domain extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and entail different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain involves several basic procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The domain lock is a safety feature, which is being adopted by more and more registry operators. It is a standard feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain name is locked, it won’t be possible to initiate a transfer process, so no one can even attempt to take your domain name. The lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain name is registered and all new domains that support this feature are locked by default when they are registered.
Registrar Lock in Cloud Hosting
If you buy a Linux cloud hosting package from our company, you will be able to manage all domains registered through us using our Hepsia Control Panel and you’ll be able to unlock any of them with just several mouse clicks. All registrations will be displayed alphabetically in the Domain Manager section of the Control Panel and for each one of them you’ll see a small padlock logo. Clicking on it will show you the current security lock status. If the domain name is locked and you’d like to transfer it, you will just need to click once more and you will be all set. Locking a domain is just as easy and since the domain names are administered in the exact same place as the web hosting account itself, you won’t need to log in and out of different platforms.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting
In case you’ve registered a domain name through us and you wish to transfer it, you can easily unlock it via the very same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to manage your semi-dedicated server account. All domain registrations will be displayed in alphabetical order in your account and you’ll notice a tiny padlock-like icon next to each domain name there, on the condition that its generic or country-code extension supports the registrar lock option. You can find out whether the domain is locked or not by clicking on this icon and update the present status by clicking on it once more. You can then continue and initiate the domain transfer procedure right away without having to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites, as the update will take effect momentarily without you or us having to do anything else.