Transferring an existing domain name involves changing the registrar that provides the registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS modifications through the new domain name registrar. The transfer process itself is standard with most universal and country-specific top-level domain name extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and entail different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain involves several basic 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 registry operators. It’s a standard feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain name is locked, it won’t be possible to start a transfer procedure, so nobody can even attempt to steal your domain name. The lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain name is registered in the first place and all new domains that support this feature are locked by default the moment they are registered.
Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting
With a Linux shared hosting package from us, you’ll exercise absolute authority over your domains through our custom-created Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You will be able to do anything you’d like, including locking & unlocking any of the domains registered through us, on the condition that the particular generic or country-code Top-Level Domain extension supports this option. Clicking the padlock icon that you will find next to any domain name registered in your Hepsia Control Panel will show you its present status and clicking on it once more will permit you to alter that status. If you wish to transfer a domain name to another registrar, you can start the process instantaneously. Since unlocking a domain through your Hepsia Control Panel will take effect momentarily, no propagation interval or any action on our end will be needed. Locking a domain is just as easy – you will just have to follow the exact same steps.