Transferring an existing domain name involves changing the company that provides the registration service, so after the transfer, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS resource record modifications through the new company. The transfer procedure is standard with most generic and country-code domain name extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and entail 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 safety option, which is being adopted by more and more domain registry operators. It is a default feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain name is locked, it won’t be possible to start a transfer process, so no one can even try to steal your domain name. The domain lock can be annulled 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 the moment they are registered.
Registrar Lock in Cloud Website Hosting
Locking and unlocking a domain name registered through our company is unbelievably easy. This can be done through the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with our cloud website hosting packages, and will require literally two clicks of the mouse. All your domain names will be displayed alphabetically in the Domain Manager section of the Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the domain lock option, you will see a padlock-like sign. Click on it once and you’ll notice the present status of the domain name. Click once again and you’ll change its status. The update will take effect instantaneously without the need for you or for our company to do anything else for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites, so you can proceed with the transfer procedure straight away.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you wish to transfer a domain name from our company to another domain name registrar and you have a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to get the domain ready with only a few clicks of the mouse. All your domains will be listed in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the exact same tool via which you’ll administer your hosting account. If a given gTLD or ccTLD supports the registrar lock option, you will see a padlock icon. You can see whether the domain name is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can alter the status by clicking once again. This is all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or we will have to do, so you can continue with the transfer process right away. The change will take effect immediately, so you won’t need to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup websites.