Transferring an active domain name involves switching the domain registrar that handles the domain registration service, so after the transfer, you will have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS entry modifications through the new company. The transfer process is standard with most TLD extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails several necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The domain lock is a security option, which is being embraced by more and more domain registry organizations. It is a standard feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain is locked, it will be impossible to initiate a transfer procedure, so nobody can even attempt to snatch your domain name. The domain lock can be removed only through the account where the domain 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 Hosting
If you purchase a Linux shared hosting plan from our company, you’ll be able to manage all domain names registered through us using our Hepsia Control Panel and you will be able to unlock any of them with just a few clicks of the mouse. All registrations will be listed alphabetically in the Domain Manager section of the hosting Control Panel and for each one of them you will see a small padlock icon. Clicking it will show you the current security lock status. If the domain is locked and you would like to transfer it away, you will just have to click once more and you’ll be all set. Locking a domain is just as easy and since the domain names are administered in the same place as the web hosting account itself, you won’t have to log in and out of different interfaces.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers
Administering your domains with us is remarkably easy and the registrar lock option makes no exception. In case you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to manage the domains registered through us using the very same Control Panel via which you will administer your hosting account. For your convenience’s sake, the domain names will be displayed in alphabetical order and on the right-hand side you will see a padlock-like icon in case the particular domain supports the registrar lock option. If you click the icon, you’ll find out whether the given domain name is locked or not and you will be able to modify this status by clicking again. The status will change momentarily and you’ll be able to initiate the domain transfer without having to wait for the update to be shown on WHOIS lookup sites or for us to do anything on our end.