Transferring an already registered domain entails switching the registrar company that provides the domain name registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS record updates through the new registrar company. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most universal and country-specific TLD extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and entail different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails several necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The domain lock is a safety option, which is being embraced by more and more domain name registry organizations. It is a standard feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain is locked, it will be impossible to start a transfer process, so nobody can even try to register 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 the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Website Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with each and every cloud website hosting package that we offer, will grant you full authority over your domains. You’ll find all domains registered through us neatly displayed in alphabetical order in a separate Control Panel section. 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 specific domain name is locked or unlocked and you can alter the present status by clicking once more – the procedure is as simple as that. You won’t need to wait for the change to take effect 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 update the information that they display.