Transferring an active domain name involves changing the company that handles the domain name registration service, so after the transfer, you will have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS record modifications through the new registrar company. The transfer process is standard with most generic and country-code domain extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain name involves a few necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a safety feature, which is being embraced by more and more domain name registry organizations. It’s a default feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain name is locked, it will not be possible to start a transfer procedure, so no one can even attempt to steal your domain. The lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain name is registered and all new domains that support this functionality are locked by default the moment they are registered.
Registrar Lock in Shared Web Hosting
The Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with each and every shared web hosting package that we offer, will grant you absolute authority over your domains. You will see all domains registered through us neatly listed in alphabetical order in a separate Control Panel section. Those whose extensions support the domain lock option will have a tiny padlock icon on their right. By clicking the icon, you can see if the particular domain name is locked or unlocked and you can change the present status by clicking again – the process is as straightforward as that. You will not need to wait for the change to take effect or for our company to do anything, as the change of the status takes effect instantly, even if you see something different on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such sites to update the details that they show.