Transferring an existing domain entails switching the registrar company that provides the domain registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS resource record modifications 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 procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain involves a few basic steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a security feature, which is being embraced by more and more domain name registry operators. It is a standard feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain is locked, it won’t be possible to initiate a transfer process, so nobody can even try to steal your domain name. The domain lock can be removed only through the account where the domain is registered and all new domains that support this option are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with each and every cloud hosting plan that we offer, will grant you full control over your domain names. You will find all domain names registered through us neatly displayed in alphabetical order in a separate section of the Control Panel. Those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a mini padlock icon next to them. By clicking the icon, you can see if the given domain name is locked or unlocked and you can update the present status by clicking again – the process 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 immediately, even if you notice something else on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such sites to update the details that they display.