Transferring an active domain entails switching the domain name registrar that provides the registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS record modifications through the new domain registrar. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most domain extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain involves a few necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The domain lock is a safety feature, which is being embraced by more and more domain name registry organizations. It is a standard feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain is locked, it will not be possible to start a transfer process, so nobody can even attempt to steal your domain name. The lock can be removed only through the account where the domain name is registered in the first place and all new domain names that support this option are locked by default the moment they are registered.
Registrar Lock in Shared Website Hosting
If you purchase a Linux shared website hosting service from our company, you will be able to administer all domains registered through us using our Hepsia Control Panel and you will be able to unlock any of them with just several clicks of the mouse. All registrations will be shown in alphabetical order in the Domain Manager section of the Control Panel and for each one of them you’ll see a tiny padlock sign. Clicking on it will show you the present security lock status. If the domain is locked and you want to transfer it away, you will just have to click once again and you will be all set. Locking a domain name is just as easy and since the domains are managed in the same location as the web hosting account itself, you won’t need to log in and out of different interfaces.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting
In case you’d like to transfer a domain name from our company to another registrar and you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to get the domain ready with just a few clicks. All your domain name registrations will be shown in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the same tool via which you’ll manage your hosting account. If a given gTLD or ccTLD supports the registrar lock feature, you’ll see a padlock icon. You can see whether the domain name is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can change the status by clicking once again. This is all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or we will need to do, so you can continue with the domain name transfer process right away. The change will take effect immediately, so you will not have to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup sites.