Transferring an active domain name involves switching the company that provides the registration service, so after the transfer itself, you will have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS resource record updates through the new domain name registrar. The transfer process is standard with most generic and country-code top-level domain name extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain involves a few basic steps and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The domain lock is a security feature, which is being embraced by more and more registry operators. It’s a default feature supported by all generic Top-Level Domains. If a domain is locked, it won’t be possible to start a transfer procedure, so no one can even attempt to take your domain name. The lock can be removed only through the account where the domain name is registered and all new domains that support this option are locked by default when they are registered.
Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting
The Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with each and every shared hosting package that we offer, will grant you full authority over your domain names. You will see all domain names registered through our company conveniently displayed in alphabetical order in a separate section of the Control Panel. Those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a mini padlock icon next to them. By clicking on the icon, you can find out if the particular domain name is locked or unlocked and you can modify the present status by clicking once more – the procedure is as straightforward as that. You won’t have to wait for the change to propagate or for our company to do anything, as the status change takes effect instantly, even if you notice something different on WHOIS lookup websites. After all, it takes time for such websites to ‘refresh’ the info that they show.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers
Managing your domain names with us is extremely easy and the registrar lock feature is not an exception. In case you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you will be able to administer the domain names registered through our company using the same Control Panel via which you will administer your web hosting account. For your convenience’s sake, the domains will be displayed in alphabetical order and on the right you will see a padlock-like icon in case the given domain supports the registrar lock option. If you click on the icon, you’ll find out whether the specific domain name is locked or not and you’ll be able to update this status by clicking again. The status will be updated instantaneously and you will be able to start the domain transfer procedure without the need to wait for the update to be displayed on WHOIS lookup websites or for our company to do anything on our end.