Transferring an already registered domain involves switching the company that provides the domain registration service, so after the transfer, you will have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS record updates through the new registrar. The transfer process itself is standard with most generic and country-code TLD extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain involves a few necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The domain lock is a security option, which is being embraced by more and more domain name registry organizations. It’s a standard feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain name is locked, it will be impossible to initiate a transfer procedure, so nobody can even attempt to register 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 domains that support this option are locked by default the moment they are registered.
Registrar Lock in Shared Website Hosting
The Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with each and every shared website hosting plan that we offer, will give you total authority over your domain names. You’ll see all domains registered through our company neatly displayed in alphabetical order in a separate Control Panel section. Those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a tiny padlock icon on their right. By clicking the icon, you can find out if the particular domain is locked or unlocked and you can modify the present status by clicking once more – the procedure is as straightforward as that. You will not have to wait for the change to propagate or for our company to do anything, as the status change takes effect instantaneously, even if you notice something different on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such websites to ‘refresh’ the info that they display.